[Cob] Mainstreaming Natural Building

[Mark Piepkorn]

>>Most joe lunchbuckets out there are stuck in the ordinary and conventional.
>>How does cob appeal to them?

         This is a cob house in upstate New York, built in 1832. 
Can't get much more ordinary and conventional.
http://www.potkettleblack.com/potkettleblog/year-3/04_04-10_09.jpg

         More info:
http://www.potkettleblack.com/potkettleblog/year-3/000167.html

         Great article by Richard Pieper:
http://crm.cr.nps.gov/archive/22-6/22-06-7.pdf
Earthen Architecture in the Northern United States - European 
Traditions in Earthen Construction

         The historic Devon houses, except for the thatch, are pretty 
darned straight.


Mark Piepkorn
www.potkettleblack.com

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