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)
My husband Peter and I took an excellent natural building class from Meka last year at the Regenerative Design Institute in Bolinas, California. He is a great teacher and really knows his stuff.
Here is a link to some photos from the two day class: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rhondawinter/sets/72157608425526230/
[...] You can see many more pictures of Meka’s beautiful home over at Green Building Elements. [...]
I am a modernist to the core, but find myself so drawn to these beautiful, warm, cozy spaces, full of light and air, with attention to such wonderful details and I find myself enchanted. I am new to cob but want to explore more as the idea of cob modern is tickling my fancy. And this house is an inspiration.
labai grazu ir saunu (LT)
It is a wonderful dream in any place where earth exists. I am making something similar in tropical mountain. (Es un sueño maravilloso en cualquier lugar donde exista tierra. Estoy haciendo algo similar en montaña tropical).
i don’t know .. those stairs don’t look like they meet code ..