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Cob building at Slimbridge

By mpomo | Published: February 5, 2010
I’ve been considering cob as a building material for my place. When I came across this cob building at Slimbridge Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust in Gloucestershire I just had to take a range of pictures for reference. I especially like the copper guttering and the use of stained glass in the irregularly shaped windows. The [...]
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Building with cob

By mpomo | Published: January 28, 2010
As a renewable, sustainable building material cob is a favoured option in green building circles. What is cob? Cob is an ancient earth building technique which uses a combination of earth, straw, sand and water. These ingredients can be mixed together by hand, using tarps, or by machinery. The mix is formed into lumps or [...]
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