Tag Archives: cob

Natural Homes

Posted on May 4, 2009 by Michael Janzen

I really like the ingenuity of the fellow behind the website naturalhomes.org. This is the website dedicated to houses built from natural materials like cob, adobe, straw bale, stone, dirt, and so on. You’ll find examples of natural homes from … Continue reading →

Posted in Just For Fun | Tagged adobe, cob, natural homes, oliver swann, strawbale, tiny houses, website | 1 Comment

Earthbag House Plans

Posted on March 26, 2009 by Michael Janzen

Owen Geiger over at Earthbag House Plans has been busy. He has posted the preliminary designs for about 77 plans for earthbag homes available on his newest website. An earthbag home is essentially a home made from the dirt under … Continue reading →

Posted in Plans | Tagged adobe, cob, earthbag, earthen, earthen floor, house plans, owen geiger, tiny house | 11 Comments

A Closer Look at Tiny Cob House Construction

Posted on March 1, 2009 by Michael Janzen

Cob is earth, sand, and straw. It’s similar to building with adobe but instead of making blocks to stack-up like with an adobe house, cob houses are built-up while the mud is wet. The material is essentially the same, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Projects | Tagged adobe, cob, cob house, dancing rabbit, earthen floor, ecovillage, reciprocal roof, rocket stove, tiny house | 5 Comments

Cob Building Work Exchange Opportunity for Spring 2009

Posted on February 27, 2009 by Michael Janzen

This is Brian, a.k.a. Ziggy. He currently lives at the Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage in northeastern Missouri. He also writes for Green Optins and recently published an article on my passion for pallets. Thanks Ziggy! This spring he’ll be finishing up … Continue reading →

Posted in Projects | Tagged brian liloia, cob, cob house, dancing rabbit, dancing rabbit ecovillage, ecovillage, tiny house, ziggy | Leave a comment

Gary’s Hobbit House

Posted on January 30, 2009 by Michael Janzen

My wife Julia loves cob houses and sometimes spots a good story while surfing for ideas for her dream house. Last night she ran across this article in Natural Home Magazine about a guy named Gary in Texas who built … Continue reading →

Posted in Projects | Tagged cob, cob house, gary zuker, hobbit house, texas | 6 Comments

Papercrete Tiny Houses

Posted on January 20, 2009 by Michael Janzen

Julia (my wife) ran across this papercrete house website recently. Papercrete is a simple and inexpensive way of building walls from paper pulp and cement. Normally concrete blocks are a mix of sand, gravel, and quite a bit of cement … Continue reading →