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.

Engineers have developed a building material that uses the root-like mycelium of a fungus and bacteria cells. Their results show that this material -- which is manufactured with living cells at low ...

Despite its huge environmental benefits, cob is an extremely niche construction material. As part of our Building with Cob series, architecture editor Lizzie Crook explores what it would take to ...

Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed an astonishing new material: a printable gel that’s alive. Infused with ancient cyanobacteria, this "photosynthetic living material" not only grows but also ...