Cob has been used for millennia even in the harsh climates of coastal Britain, at the latitude of the Aleutians. Thousands of comfortable and picturesque cob homes in England have been continuously occupied for many centuries and now command very high market values.
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www.cobcottage.com/whatis
www.cobcottage.com/whatis
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Cob is a very old method of building with earth and straw or other fibers. It is quite similar to adobe Cob houses (or cottages, since they are always efficiently small by American construction standards) are not only compatible with their surroundings, they ARE their surroundings, literally rising up from the earth.
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www.greenhomebuilding.com/cob.htm
www.greenhomebuilding.com/cob.htm
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We visited Meka's whimsical cob cottage in southern Oregon in September 2006. Cob is a mixture of earth, sand and straw. www.cobprojects.info Contact info .
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLf8J7k69j0
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Jose Juan and Yady's cob house is finally finished! <Read the blog> of James Rodgers, a participant from our Cob and Community course. It's fun to read about one of our workshops from the participant's perspective! Our Photo Gallery of Cob homes, cob cottages, structures and workshops.
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www.cobworks.com/
www.cobworks.com/
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They even have laws that require authentic cob repair for the UK's legacy of cob structures, allowing a "cottage industry" to flourish, and there's no...
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cobprojects.info/
cobprojects.info/
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Do-it-yourself cob cottages take relatively little skill and cost next to nothing, but the work is slow, messy and physically demanding. So Cate hired Boreen, an alternative builder who lives in a 600-square-foot house he made from packing pallets, beach wood, wattle-and-daub and rammed earth.
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www.seattlepi.com/lifestyle/334486_cob06.html
www.seattlepi.com/lifestyle/334486_cob06.html
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The reason for building greener homes is really quite important. We need to live more lightly on the earth, because the degradation of our environment is compromising not only our survival, but the survival of most other We can no longer ignore the impact we have on the earth's ecosystems. How we build our homes,
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www.greenhomebuilding.com/
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Cob Cottage is ideal for both summer or winter stays. (cozy fire) and ample dry fire wood. Only 1 and a half hours drive to 4 major ski fields and plenty of local ski touring for the adventurous or simply beat those winter blues.
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www.arrowcottages.co.nz/
www.arrowcottages.co.nz/
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Besides their workshop in Oregon, Hap and Lin visited traditional cob cottages in England, where the technique has been used for centuries. There they met the renowned British cob builders Adam Weismann and Katy Bryce.
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www.iowasource.com/home_garden/2008_11_cob.html
www.iowasource.com/home_garden/2008_11_cob.html
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