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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Despite its huge environmental benefits, cob is an extremely niche construction material. As part of our Building with Cob series, architecture editor Lizzie Crook explores what it would take to ...

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Cob construction has been used for thousands of years, but modern building codes have yet to catch up. Ziggy Liloia was the lead builder of this cob cottage at Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage in Missouri.