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 ...

Do you find yourself staring at concrete walls, daydreaming about an idyllic life close to nature? Does the sight of drywall make you want to pack your bags, lock the door, and run off into the forest ...

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 how to ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Daniel and Katherine Ray live debt-free in an earthen house that they built using cob, a natural ...

From earthships to container homes, sustainable architecture only continues to get more popular. One type of building that's making its way out of the off-grid margins is the cob house. Made of a ...

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, the couple ...

Making homes out of clay, sand and straw — a material called “cob” — might raise eyebrows in earthquake country, but Bay Area devotees are hoping to gain acceptance for what they say is an inexpensive ...