This cob house was built by a guy named Ian Marcuse (he headed up the Stanley Park cob project) in the backyard of the house he rents on Salsbury Drive in Vancouver. Unfortunately there's a good chance the house and the fantastic garden surrounding it will be torn down to make way for duplexes.
They're fighting to have the cob house and the property it's on preserved from housing development and are aiming to turn it into a park or something along those lines. Apparently the city may be interested in buying the property. They've been holding parties and open houses to raise awareness among people in the neighbourhood. So if you're in the 'hood check out the cob house and sign the petition to preserve this amazing structure and surrounding lot.
You can find it at 1117 Salsbury Drive, Vancouver, just a couple east of commercial drive.
wacky doodler, Rotcoddam, Niso30, notsomuch, and 83 other people added this photo to their favorites.
Shwenn Lin 97 months ago | reply
I came to know abt cob houses in your photostream and i must say i took a liking to them immediately!
It would be sad if it has to be torn down to make way for "development".
wacky doodler 97 months ago | reply
what a cute, romantic and completely original house! to think, big ugly concrete pre-fab buildings made of crappy low-grade materials may replace this authentic home-made paradise... what is wrong with the world?
i hope it will be preserved, please keep us updated!
tp 96 months ago | reply
I hope it stays up! It's a dream place.
Anna Psalmond 96 months ago | reply
that is an awesome house..
i love houses,architecture and interior..
this one is awesome..
i wish i could help..
but im not in vancouver.
is there anything i can do?
neilbruder 96 months ago | reply
lil aNNA - Thanks, I don't know. What they need really are commitments of money from the government or grants from companies to help get things going and of course support from the community.
Robbi Baba 82 months ago | reply
It would be tragic indeed to lose this building. A stellar chance for City Hall to fight on the right side for once.
the1gofer 65 months ago | reply
I like this pic alot, I used it on my blog
finance.jasoncrews.name/2008/01/10/what-the-heck-are-real..., thanks for keeping rights open for people to use!
oh, and I stumbled it, so hopefully others will like it too!
neilbruder 65 months ago | reply
Update: Unfortunately, after a long battle the developers won their case and this building was knocked down to make for a condo development.
cob_house_lover 65 months ago | reply
It ready awesome!!! Could u give me an advise for making a cob house?here my e-mail ; timmy.mofo@gmail.com. whould be great if u could. many thanks in advance. ah! im at Phuket Thailand.
Ladybug by Jô 58 months ago | reply
so beautiful!
VirtualOpoly 56 months ago | reply
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called VirtualOpoly Members, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Lori Kessler Gratl 54 months ago | reply
Hi!
This image was included in a "50 Strange Buildings from around the world" list, October of this year:
villageofjoy.com/50-strange-buildings-of-the-world-part-ii/
some impressive buildings on this list!
pretty great.
I sent them a note that it was demolished. Too bad!!!
I used to live across the street from this house....
Rimple's Photography 54 months ago | reply
i faved da house .. cant do much to save it from wher i am .. but i wish i could ..
Sparechange63 41 months ago | reply
Yeah that brings back memories, Neil.