This home doesn’t need a foundation. It’s vastly lighter than a normal house. It costs just $28,000. Oh, and it’s made out of paper. Houses built out of cardboard don’t exactly scream luxury. The ...

Engineers have created strong, low-cost walls from soil, water, and cardboard, cutting carbon emissions and construction ...

A rocker designed by two Louisiana State U. students tied for second place in this year’s Chair Affair. (Chronicle photographs by Lawrence Biemiller) The winning designs went on display Thursday ...

A team at RMIT University has created a cement-free construction material using only cardboard, soil, and water. Strong ...

A titanic Thai-inspired temple just popped up in Chiang Mai—but instead of gold leaf and teak, this one’s built entirely of cardboard. Assembled in less than a day, the prefabricated building is the ...

Phoebe Washburn likes looking at construction sites. But while most people watch the workmen on the girders, she takes in signs of the process: stacks of wood, cinderblocks or iron beams; piles of ...