The Most Beautiful Green Home Building Construction Project Ever?
My jaw dropped when I first watched this video tour of a beautiful owner-built green building construction project in Oregon. This particular green building is made entirely out of cob, a mixture of clay, sand, and straw.
Meka Bunch of Wolf Creek, Oregon built this stunning cob house over a four year period. Complete with hand-sculpted furniture, shelves and nooks built directly into the walls, arched windows, and a killer custom staircase, his cob building is a divine artistic achievement.
Check out the video and photos of Meka’s cob cottage for yourself:
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This couch is made of cob and features wood storage tucked underneath, right next to the stove.
The kitchen features many shelves and nooks built directly into the cob walls, and also includes a small compost chute. (Look for the tilted latch.)
The wood stove is surrounded by cob for thermal mass, and includes a warm nook with shelf to culture yogurt.
Gorgeous custom-made cob staircase.
The north porch of Meka’s cob cottage.
I must say that Meka’s cob house design is one of my favorite projects that I’ve seen. This is truly a beautiful hand-built green building.
For more information, visit the Artisan Builders Collective.
(Image credit: Artisan Builders Collective)
This house is amazing. My fiance and I have been planning to build our own house from cob, I hope it turns out as beautiful as this one
Wow! This is an amazing space! How beautiful, the little nooks remind me of a little swiss house perched on a cliff I saw once. Thanks for sharing, the music on the video is so great too
That’s awesome..The house is just like an abode and its eco-friendly construction makes it all the more great. My congratulations to the owner for this beautiful creation.
For those like me who lack such resources and the creative imagination, there are environmental friendly residential steel buildings.
Thanks!
Kirk J. Steel
Not beautiful. Fucking horrible.
This is a nice cob house! Not sure why the Ed. has picked it as “THE MOST” beautiful ever… But it is really nice. I like how small it is, conservative on space.
Also, not trying to be negative, but there is one big mistake in the reporting: the article says “This particular green building is made entirely out of cob..”. It has wood beam supports and a wooded upper floor. So… Not “entirely”. Almost entirely.
Can you build a loft out of cob? I didn’t think it was safe, but would like to know if anyone has or has seen it done.
Once again, great place!
You go girl! Nice to she something so down to earth. Your carbon footprint would be undetectable through the lens on a microscope compaired to most houses. Simple, smart, practical design and what should become manditory ecofriendly building. I want to be there but I’m stuck in the rat race. Oh well.
Note: I should have said the walls are made entirely of cob. Sorry for the confusion.
This is definately one of the most beautiful cozy adobeish place i’ve ever seen.Just what I want to create.
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