Human termites – paper construction projects

Acid-free paper is intended for archiving documents for hundreds of years under ideal conditions, not building things. But there really are some significant – and magnificent – examples of paper engineering.

Shigeru Ban’s Paper Bridge, built in 2007 at Remoulin, France, although it’s not an entirely paper construction, is just one of his paper tube structures (and the rest of Shigeru Ban Architects‘ site is worth looking at too).

Oxford’s Paper House – which survived, inhabited for at least 60 years – I wish I could find some pictures of this! This was the subject of two talks: The House by Rob Kinchin-Smith and John Powel (the builder) by Robert Sephton, of the Cowley Local History Society (in Oxfordshire, UK).