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 ...

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 ...

ROBERTS CREEK — Peer into the low-slung oval-shaped windows in Amanda-Rae and Chris Hergesheimer’s studio and you wouldn’t be surprised to see a hobbit staring back. The Middle Earth aesthetic works ...

Maria Marabito is a writer who specializes in sustainable travel, green living, and food issues. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in English from West Chester University. A cob house is an earthen ...

As part of our Building with Cob series, we've put together an overview of cob and other traditional earthen building materials used around the world, including adobe and rammed earth. Building with ...