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 ...

It's time for the construction industry to bring back cob, but innovation is needed to solidify the age-old material's place back within our toolkits, design collective Cella tell Dezeen in this ...

Age-old methods and recycled materials have been used to create a cob hut at a north Norfolk school, dedicated to the memory of a former pupil who took his own life. Teacher Emma Whalley said she was ...

A teacher has built a house made of mud in her school's grounds in memory of a former pupil who took his own life. Emma Whalley of North Walsham High School in Norfolk said the cob house would be used ...

Making homes out of clay, sand and straw — a material called “cob” — might raise eyebrows in earthquake country, but California devotees are hoping to gain acceptance for what they say is an ...

Artist Roo Dhissou and UK studio Intervention Architecture have designed Heal, Home, Hmm, a modular pavilion made using Punjabi mud building techniques, which is on display at the V&A as part of the ...

Cob wall on stone foundation. Building with cob is pretty straight forward. Anyone in the family can learn the basic techniques and with a bit of guidance, you can build structures together as a group ...

Cob (an old English word for lump) is old-fashioned concrete, made out of a mixture of clay, sand and straw. Becky Bee’s The Cob Builders Handbook (Chelsea Green Publishing, 1998) is a friendly guide ...

People are still talking about the stunning cob house from East Devon, first featured way back in 2011 on Channel 4's ever-popular Grand Designs show. The 'cob castle' has been built by the 'King Of ...

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Why people are still talking about the stunning Devon cob house featured on Grand Designs People are still talking about the stunning cob house from East Devon, first featured way back in 2011 on ...