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Chinese Paper Brick House at Architecture BiennaleWith a structural system reminiscent of Shigeru Ban’s Paper Church, Architect Li Xianggang's Paper-Brick House showcasing at this year’s annual Architecture Biennale in Venice, Italy is a mesmerizing paper fortress. Composed of paper tubes, paper boxes, and adhesive tape (and some metal connections), the materials work together to mimic a brick house. And something about it makes me nostalgic for the cardboard forts of my youth which only required an empty basement, a lot of boxes, and my imagination fully intact.1
Chinese Paper Brick House at Architecture BiennaleWith a structural system reminiscent of Shigeru Ban’s Paper Church, Architect Li Xianggang's Paper-Brick House showcasing at this year’s annual Architecture Biennale in Venice, Italy is a mesmerizing paper fortress. Composed of paper tubes, paper boxes, and adhesive tape (and some metal connections), the materials work together to mimic a brick house. And something about it makes me nostalgic for the cardboard forts of my youth which only required an empty basement, a lot of boxes, and my imagination fully intact.2
Chinese Paper Brick House at Architecture BiennaleWith a structural system reminiscent of Shigeru Ban’s Paper Church, Architect Li Xianggang's Paper-Brick House showcasing at this year’s annual Architecture Biennale in Venice, Italy is a mesmerizing paper fortress. Composed of paper tubes, paper boxes, and adhesive tape (and some metal connections), the materials work together to mimic a brick house. And something about it makes me nostalgic for the cardboard forts of my youth which only required an empty basement, a lot of boxes, and my imagination fully intact.3
Chinese Paper Brick House at Architecture BiennaleWith a structural system reminiscent of Shigeru Ban’s Paper Church, Architect Li Xianggang's Paper-Brick House showcasing at this year’s annual Architecture Biennale in Venice, Italy is a mesmerizing paper fortress. Composed of paper tubes, paper boxes, and adhesive tape (and some metal connections), the materials work together to mimic a brick house. And something about it makes me nostalgic for the cardboard forts of my youth which only required an empty basement, a lot of boxes, and my imagination fully intact.4
Chinese Paper Brick House at Architecture BiennaleWith a structural system reminiscent of Shigeru Ban’s Paper Church, Architect Li Xianggang's Paper-Brick House showcasing at this year’s annual Architecture Biennale in Venice, Italy is a mesmerizing paper fortress. Composed of paper tubes, paper boxes, and adhesive tape (and some metal connections), the materials work together to mimic a brick house. And something about it makes me nostalgic for the cardboard forts of my youth which only required an empty basement, a lot of boxes, and my imagination fully intact.5
Chinese Paper Brick House at Architecture BiennaleWith a structural system reminiscent of Shigeru Ban’s Paper Church, Architect Li Xianggang's Paper-Brick House showcasing at this year’s annual Architecture Biennale in Venice, Italy is a mesmerizing paper fortress. Composed of paper tubes, paper boxes, and adhesive tape (and some metal connections), the materials work together to mimic a brick house. And something about it makes me nostalgic for the cardboard forts of my youth which only required an empty basement, a lot of boxes, and my imagination fully intact.6
