Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: Getty Images Do you find yourself staring at concrete walls, daydreaming about an idyllic life close to nature? Does ...

“What would it take to raise a cob house in one day?” That was the question Coenraad Rogmans (of House Alive!) and I asked ourselves one sunny morning in September of 2013. We were at his place in ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Montana couple who built a home from clay and straw brings to mind “The Three Little Pigs” fairytale. But Daniel and Katherine ...

Most of the rock used for the foundation, and the clay for the cob (clay and straw) walls and pizza oven were collected on-site. For years, I dreamed of building my own home using natural materials.

A COUPLE were sick and tired of blowing through their cash that they gave up their boring jobs and built a new home completely out of mud – and are now convincing others to join them. This new way of ...

VICTOR, Mont. — A couple in Victor is living a lifestyle created by their own hands, and now they’re teaching others how to do it themselves. Their home is on the grid, gets its water from a well and ...

There was a time when cob – a mix of straw, soil and water – was one of the most common building materials in the Westcountry. But these days, very few people have the knowledge and the skills to ...

Editor's note: Pictures 4-8 courtesy of naturalhomes.org. Forget about the usual building materials such as concrete, vinyl siding or pink foam insulation when it comes to Paulina Wojciechowska's home ...

THIS Irish family can truly claim to be To the Manure Born. Feile Butler and Colin Ritchie built their entire home from mud dug up from a sheep’s pasture. Feile Butler and Colin Ritchieb with their ...