We built a beautiful swimming pool surrounding a handmade underground house—fully created using primitive tools. This ...

The Acheron Accommodation House, a DOC-managed heritage building, was significantly damaged in the Waiau/Kaikoura earthquakes and is closed awaiting repairs. A new generation of cob artisans will ...

Taking more than 20 years to build, Green Dragon Barn used to be three ramshackle buildings when it appeared on the hit show back in 2001 ...

Here’s a step-by-step breakdown: Building the Mud House - ️ Select the Site ... and water to make strong cob or adobe bricks. ️ Build the Walls – Layer the mud mixture, allowing ...

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, ...

Though it brings corn cobs to mind, "cob" comes from the Old English word for "lump". It's an amazingly durable and inexpensive building material. Paired with repurposed glass jars and/or bottles to ...

Natural builder Chris Martinez, 34, helped Pedersen build her outdoor kitchen. His nearby house was destroyed, except for a cob bench. He notes there are questions such as how to finance new ...

Cob houses are a harmonious fusion of environmental ... they serve as an ecological counterpoint to conventional building methods. By attending a cob-building workshop, you gain practical ...

Not for an escape from the deadly virus, but to help build House of Biomaterials, a cob house that champions the use of bio-based and circular solutions. This was the first project of design ...

Lots of houses look good. Lots more feel good to be in. Very few are good to touch. Architect Féile Butler’s is – because it is made of cob. An ancient building material that combines clay ...

But why cob, an ancient building material generally made from clay, water, straw and lime? And why next door to Ms. Kyles’s Prince Edward County, Ont., house (she calls it The Gryphon)?

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 ...