Cob houses are usually curved with arches and organic shapes. This building technique is sustainable economically and environmentally. The materials required are low-cost, light, and easily ...

This retreat center’s storage building features an attached cob oven and natural paints. Learn modern cob house building for a mortgage-free home using low-cost and local materials by following ...

One type of building that's making its way out of the off-grid margins is the cob house. Made of a mixture of clay, straw, water, and sand, cob houses may be new to many folks in the United States ...

The problem is, there’s no building code provision in much of California for cob houses, so most of the legal structures are 120 square feet or less to avoid the requirement for a building permit.

A Montana couple spent over 2 years building their 700-square-foot cob house by hand. Daniel Ray, the owner, estimates that they spent less than $20,000 on the entire construction. Now ...

Balecob, a hybrid of straw and cob house building techniques, can offer unique flexibility to the natural builder. Start with a strong cob house stem wall. We live in exciting times for natural ...

Daniel and Katherine Ray live debt-free in an earthen house that they built using cob, a natural material made from clay, sand, and straw. The millennial couple spent over two years constructing ...

They primarily use rammed earth—which, for the unfamiliar, is exactly what it sounds like: tightly compacted soils, sometimes made using a mold to create building blocks. The team prioritizes ...

For two years, Daniel and Katharine Ray worked on their house on their 5-acre property in the Bitterroot, building primarily out of cob -- a combination of dirt, clay, water and straw. They say it ...

The couple turned a small, unwanted cottage in a big family home for 96 per cent less than the average price of a house in the UKCredit: Edwards Cob Building/ Facebook Kate Edwards and Charlotte ...