Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cob house with stones and decorations - leonardo/Shutterstock From earthships to container homes, sustainable architecture only ...

If you imagine an adult sandcastle, think again. Cob is exceptionally durable if built with proper shelter from the rain. Put simply, if you have a good roof, it will protect your walls. Over time, as ...

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 ...

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GREENWICH — Ask anyone from Cos Cob what’s going on in the neighborhood lately and new housing construction will probably be mentioned near top of the list. After a mini-building boom in recent years, ...

Life inside the Arctic Circle is by no means easy, unless you’re a Hjertefølger. We first heard about Benjamin and Ingrid Hjertefølger four years ago when they began building Nature House, a ...

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For millennia, people have made durable homes from whatever is nearby. You're probably familiar with adobe, that smooth brown material that lots of us equate with architecture in the American ...

Storms and torrential rain have brought devastation to the South West in recent months. Among those counting the cost of the damage have been people who live in or run businesses in buildings made ...