the Newspaper House

tens of thousands of papers, each individually rolled, to form a house.

What no one expected was that it would be a valid if somewhat time consuming method of building a strong, warm structure.

While it is foremost an art work, it has something to say to us about the true value of this neglected and disrespected material, paper!

http://www.bdonline.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=763&storycode=3107309&c=1

The Guardian Environment has podcast a short version of the documentary of Newspaper House, directed by Gillian McIver, with Christna Zaris & Rozy Sarkis.

See it here:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/video/2008/mar/10/recycling

A short doc video about the project, podcast on "Building Design" –

http://www.bdonline.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=763&storycode=3107309&c=1