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In a meadow under the summer sun, a group of dancers laugh and fling mud. Beneath their feet, clay, sand, and water become mixed together, creating a sticky earthen blend that sticks to their feet, their legs, and, after some play, faces and fingers! This is a cob mixing party, one of the best times

Cordwood Construction - EarthMovesDesign provides information about how to build with cob in the UK. Beautiful & functional buildings result.

A recent code update has opened the door to legal cob construction throughout the United States and beyond. With the introduction of the Cob Construction Appendix, aspiring builders now have clear guidelines to follow, ensuring compliance and safety. From conducting essential tests like the shrinkage and compressive strength assessments to understanding the nuances of modulus of rupture testing, this new era of cob construction opens doors to sustainable, innovative building practices.

Have an insight into the advantages of building a cob house and a look at some of the best cob houses from across the globe.

Alex Sumerall of This Cob House recently received his natural building training, but already his Tennessee company also offers plans, guides, workshops, consultations, crew training and books on the natural building technique. Cob is an earthen building material that is made from hand formed loaves of clay, sand, straw, and water. Alex’s primary design plan

Cob was a popular means of construction of earth buildings throughout the UK, Europe and America during the nineteen hundreds. Here you will learn all about building with cob and how it is a very strong method of green building construction. You will find a list of cob building materials and suggested techniques for the process.

Kate’s Cob Looks Like Somewhere a Fairy Would Dwell - When most folks decide to build a home, they get some timbers and construct a wood frame. There are actually a number of other approaches you can take however involving different materials and techniques. One fascinating method is to work with “cob.”

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A blog about our experiences building ovens and garden structures out of cob and other natural building materials.

Sharp Sand

If you have spent any time at all researching off-the-grid houses and energy-efficient homes, you probably have run across the mention of a cob house. A cob house is not made from corn cobs, as I first assumed when I heard the term, but rather uses a mixture of sand, straw, and clay similar to an adobe house to build a sturdy, non-traditional house that is surprisingly easy to construct, and durable.

Buying a bush block, building a cob house, and starting a natural soap business takes huge amounts of energy, enthusiasm and commitment, but this family are thriving on the challenge of being as clean and green as possible in everything they do. Words and Photos: Fiona Cameron Kerryn Easterbrook and Phill Thomas love a challenge, and they certainly created quite a few for themselves when they moved to a bush and pine-covered block in Golden Bay 12 years ago. Their goal was to build their own…

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@muswithval on Instagram: "What an honor it was to help build this cob house! Thank you @theburglr and @alianzapiesligeros for leading this project with @cruzincobglobal. #cobhome #earthenbuilding #naturalbuilding"