L.A. County officials signaled interest in rebuilding in fire zones with natural materials, such as adobe, but advocates say ...

Corn cobs might seem like a harmless leftover to toss your dog during BBQ season, but they pose serious risks that no pet ...

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The material is fire-resistant and, as ancient cob houses demonstrate, highly durable. If you're willing to put in the sweat and time, a cob house may be for you. Many of the same pros and cons of ...

Take nearly the same materials but add in a much higher proportion of straw, and you have cob. Though it brings corn cobs to mind, "cob" comes from the Old English word for "lump". It's an amazingly ...

Natural building using less flammable materials gain interest post-wildfires Officials open to alternative building materials like adobe Challenges include financing and insurance for new ...

The duo calls House of Biomaterials (built at a cost of ₹20 lakh) an “exhibition of bioregional circular materials” in the shape of a community-built hand-sculpted cob house.

Kabore, A., Laghdir, A., & Ouellet-Plamondon, C. (2024). Natural thermal and hygrothermal regulation with heavy cob for low ...

Future research should address this gap to better understand the material’s behavior under varying humidity conditions. By refining these evaluations, the use of fiber-reinforced cob materials could ...

Cob is a low-carbon building material made from earth and straw Typically considered a labour-intensive construction process, cob is traditionally formed into monolithic walls and compressed.