Cob walls are like the adobe home's British cousin. 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 ...

When properly designed, constructed, and maintained, Nilsson and others say, cob homes have proven to last many centuries. “Cob uses the same materials as adobe,” says Hammer. “But adobe walls are ...

Cob is never fired and hardens by drying, which can be a long process. Walls are constructed by layering cob material while still wet, with the bottom stiffening while the walls are slowly being ...

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 ...

Flat House, a Material Cultures three-bedroom house situated at Margent Farm, a rural R&D facility that develops bioplastics made with hemp and flax. Timber and hempcrete are among the materials used.

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.