Cob workshop instructor Patrick Hennebery stands in front of a toilet and bathhouse that will be used for the artist's residence at Our Ecovillage in Shawnigan LakeCHAD HIPOLITO Living in a cob house ...

Engineering professor Mark Aschheim launched students in key research that underpins new cob building code. Engineering professor launched students in key research that underpins new cob building code ...

When it came to saving a would-be demolished wooden carriage house, one homeowner reached back in time to an ancient method.

It's time for the construction industry to bring back cob, but innovation is needed to solidify the age-old material's place back within our toolkits, design collective Cella tell Dezeen in this ...

Earth, the plants, and their matted roots provide some insulation on a sod roof. It’s probably a good idea to supplement it with some other type of insulation and/or reflective material, because when ...

In the sustainable home building industry, many prospective homeowners want to make environmentally friendly choices, but struggle to make sense of a building industry that labels every house framing ...

Baking in the warmth of California’s Cumaya Valley stand three small structures made of an ancient building material: cob. The material is a mixture of clay-heavy soil, straw, sand and water that — ...

A COUPLE were sick and tired of blowing through their cash that they gave up their boring jobs and built a new home completely out of mud – and are now convincing others to join them. This new way of ...

The couple now live the dream 'playing in the mud' all day and it only cost them £10,000 to build an entire home A COUPLE were sick and tired of blowing through their cash that they gave up their ...