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Paper and cardboard as sustainable building materials are currently the subject of research and testing in building practice. Properly protected from moisture and fire, the material proves to be strong and durable. This introduction explains the basics and the technology of building with cardboard and paper and shows a wide range of exciting examples.
- Interdisciplinary team of authors: architects, engineers and chemists
- Attractive international projects
- Numerous construction drawings illustrate details and connections of cardboard structures
"The Pritzker Prize-winning Japanese architect Shigeru Ban’s Paper Log House, to be exact. (...) It’s a small house, to be sure — just one room — and it’s made mostly of paper, but it’s more resilient than it looks." (New York Times, April 19, 2024 Tim McKeough)
Ulrich Knaack, Rebecca Bach, Samuel Schabel (eds.), Technical University of Darmstadt