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These ancient ‘cob houses’ may be the key to building cheap sustainable homes: ‘All the comforts of home and the natural world’
With cob houses, you can have all the comforts of home and the natural world. The term “cob” refers to the building material and technique used to create architectural structures. Cob is made from a ...
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Frosty the Snowman’s Corn Cob Pipe is No Fairytale
the same brick building has seen 150 years of change. “We were the first company to commercially make corn cob pipes, and for all intensive purposes, we are the last,” added Morgan.
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Cob is a natural building material that can one day replace cement in construction
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Tavs Jorgensen develops cob bricks for low-carbon construction
Tavs Jorgensen has developed a method of extruding cob into bricks Cob is a natural and ancient building material made by combining subsoil, water and fibrous materials such as straw. While ...
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Britain's first modern home made using straw, water and mud could go on the market after being built as part of an energy efficiency drive
It is part of an EU-funded project to bring mud construction into the 21st century with a focus on low-carbon building as the first regulations-complaint cob building. After the EU announced it ...
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Missouri Pipe Company Continues to Bring Iconic Corn Cob Pipes to Life
U.S. Farm Report visited Missouri Meerschaum Company in 2019, seeing the same brick building that has been brining corn cob pipes to life for 150 years. “We were the first company to ...