Crime

Grand Designs: Where you can find the East Devon cob castle that features on the show

A stunning East Devon 'cob castle' is featuring on Grand Designs tonight. Here's everything we know about it. Dubbed as one of the most 'eagerly anticipated' revisits in the show's history, Kevin ...
Dezeen

Eight contemporary buildings that make a case for cob

A shallow-pitched roof tops this low-slung home in Norfolk, completed by local studio Hudson Architects. It is the first home in the UK to be built using CobBauge – a modern interpretation of the ...
Crime

Grand Designs: Pictures reveal stunning Devon cob castle made out of mud and straw

Grand Designs is back on our screens and tonight will feature a stunning cob castle from East Devon made out of mud and straw. Dubbed as one of the most 'eagerly anticipated' revisits in the show's ...
London Evening Standard

'The most requested Grand Designs revisit in history': inside the extraordinary Lord of the Rings-style 'cob castle' home in Devon

Kevin 'King of Cob' McCabe first appeared on Grand Designs in 2013 armed only with a grand plan to build a soil and straw masterpiece with his bare hands. Five years later the show revisits his east ...
Dezeen

Are we on the verge of a cob comeback?

Dezeen's latest series investigates one of the world's oldest building materials – cob. Building with Cob will explore how this ancient, earth-based material is being reinvented for the modern age.