[Cob] Engineered Cob House Plans

[Mark Piepkorn]

Here are two pictures I took of cob houses in northern New York, built 
in the mid 1800s, still occupied.
http://www.potkettleblack.com/potkettleblog/crypt04/04_04-10_08.jpg
http://www.potkettleblack.com/potkettleblog/crypt04/04_04-10_09.jpg

Here's a good read - "Earthen Architecture in the Northern United 
States: European Traditions in Earthen Construction."
http://crm.cr.nps.gov/archive/22-6/22-06-7.pdf

I'm just sayin'.

Mark


On 2/9/2010 7:02 PM, yewberry at wavecable.com wrote:
> Damon Howell wrote:
>
>> I'm sorry, but every time a new formless  building is erected with 
>> cob a disservice is done to our current  predicament . That would be 
>> that honest individuals who want to obey  the law cannot build 
>> because most cobbers are looked at as clueless.