A Montana couple who built a home from clay and straw brings to mind “The Three Little Pigs” fairytale. But Daniel and Katherine Ray, the ambitious and frugal home builders, are not interested in ...

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 ...

Engineering professor Mark Aschheim launched students in key research that underpins new cob building code. Engineering professor launched students in key research that underpins new cob building code ...

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 ...

The Villa CasaBlanca in Bali puts a new spin on the ancient tradition of cob building — a construction technique using materials such as clay and straw, often harvested from the building site. The ...

Teach yourself how to build a plastic bottle house with cob and transform trash into a home. I build houses out of trash. I was inspired by the life of Kenyan Nobel laureate Wangarĩ Maathai, who said, ...