MAS Architecture Studio favoured passive ventilation over high-tech solutions in this installation for Dubai Design Week, which reimagines Emirati wind towers using 480 layers of recycled cardboard. More
Italian town squares became Branch Studio Architects' point of reference for the design of this school administration office in Melbourne, which is almost entirely lined in cardboard tubes. More
London studio Fredrikson Stallard has completed the Reformation collection of furniture and art made using cardboard found on the streets of the city. More
Indian architecture studio Nudes has built an entire cafe in Mumbai using cardboard to prove its versatility as an environmentally friendly material. More
Seoul-based studio PESI has designed a side table using planks of cardboard that have the appearance of wood. More
Reclaimed cardboard tubing from fabric rolls used by the nearby fashion district line the walls of this Los Angeles store for skincare brand Aesop. More
Dutch design studio Waarmakers has used standard cardboard tubing to create a ceiling light that can be assembled from its own packaging (+ movie). More
Amsterdam collective Fiction Factory has developed a modular building system of cardboard components, which can be assembled in just one day to form houses or offices (+ slideshow). More
Following the popularity of a fully functional car made entirely out of cardboard by Japanese manufacturer Lexus, we've created a new Pinterest board full of architecture and design projects utilising the heavy-duty paper. Examples include a cathedral by Pritzker Prize winner Shigeru Ban, a bicycle that costs less than £10 to manufacture and jewel-like vases.
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Japanese car brand Lexus used 1,700 individually shaped cardboard sheets to create a fully functional replica of its IS saloon model (+ slideshow). More
Swiss childrenswear brand L'asticot has collaborated with architecture firm Bureau A to install a miniature cardboard city at its Geneva store (+ slideshow). More
This geometric cardboard pavilion by art collective Pink Intruder was set alight in Valencia as part of the city's Fallas festival earlier this year (+ slideshow). More
Swiss artist Zimoun has used motors to add jostling and spinning motions to three installations made up of cardboard boxes (+ movies). More
News: Japanese architect Shigeru Ban has said he intends to work on fewer projects and may reduce the size of his office following his acceptance of the Pritzker Prize, which he says he did not expect to win. More
A single piece of cardboard is folded and fixed together to create this rectangular lamp by Berlin designer Johannes Kiessler. More
Architect Shigeru Ban has constructed another building using cardboard tubes - this time a cabin for hikers in a Japanese national park. More
News: the Cardboard Cathedral designed by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban opens to the public today in Christchurch, New Zealand. More
Italian lighting brand Slamp worked with designer Nigel Coates to create a cardboard house for displaying the company's range of lights. More
Swedish design studio TAF has created offices for a Stockholm branding and design agency with walls that resemble cardboard boxes (+ slideshow). More
Japanese architect Shigeru Ban has completed a temporary pavilion made from cardboard tubes at the IE School of Architecture and Design in Madrid. More
