[Cob] cob in TX

[Bill Christensen]

Yeah, the place that Mike built for himself was pretty interesting - 
two story, two round towers with a connecting way between making a 
dumbell shape, and topped with a south african reed thatch roof.

I lost track of Mike (a unix programmer by day) when he and his wife 
sold it and moved away.

Another good source for cob and other natural building workshops/site 
visits/etc in the Austin area is <http://DesignBuildLive.org>. 
Kindra is part of DBL and often does workshops with them - the next 
one is on Feb 27th, "Learn how to Beautify Drywall with Earth 
Plaster".  see <http://designbuildlive.org/?p=1349>.  Oops... looks 
like that's a popular one - it's full, but you can get on the waiting 
list.



At 10:33 PM -0800 2/18/10, john fordice wrote:
>There was a Texas Cobber name of Mike Carter & he did projects in 
>Texas with a group called Cob Crew.
>I met him one time & saw pix of his work ........... nice buildings.
>Have tried to find pic on line, but no luck.
>Apparently Mike & Cob Crew have moved to elswhere.
>Maybe you can find more if you look around.
>john fordice - cob research institute
>
>
>
>On Feb 18, 2010, at 3:17 PM, Quinn wrote:
>
>>There was an article in the NY Times on July 31st about a cob house 
>>built right outside Austin, TX by a guy named Gary Zuker.  Photos 
>>and everything.  It's archived now and I can't get it, but I have 
>>the article-- only as an email attachment that I sent to someone 
>>else.  I can forward it to you if you want.
>>
>>Sorry I didn't save a link, but you could google the info and see 
>>what you get.  The writer of the article was  LOUISE TUTELIAN.
>>Or  I can forward it to you if you want.
>>
>>Don't know where in TX you are, but that's one person!  It's quite 
>>a fancy little place from a guy who had tons of money.  But if he's 
>>nearby he might answer some questions for you.
>>
>>Quinn
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