Leilah Gray is a fourth grader who likes the freedom to create through art and engineering with building blocks, and without the restrictions imposed sometimes by her teachers at school. Leilah found ...

Since most of us are far handier with a pile of Legos than tools, lumber, and raw upholstery, Japanese design studio Torafu Architects has created these large scale foam building blocks that making ...

- Stack hollow, interlocking foam blocks atop steel reinforcing bars protruding from the home's concrete foundation. - Secure the foam wall with braces and inject wet concrete into gaps in the blocks.

DANBURY — It’s made of packing foam — the same material used in coolers and take-out containers — and it’s snapped together like Legos. And an increasing number of builders are using it instead of ...