SR-99 construction crews use large blocks of foam to build ramps for the new tunnel. (KOMO Video) But foam blocks are not new to the Puget Sound region. They've been around for several years.

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 ...

A greater-alarm fire consumed a large pile of trash outside a downtown Los Angeles commercial building, but only filled the structure with smoke. The fire was reported at 6:07 p.m. Saturday in the ...

My nephews, Aidan and Jackson, set up camp in the area with Imagination Playground’s large foam building blocks, creating tunnels and forts and easily navigating the oversized blue blocks (and ...

Geofoam, the big styrofoam blocks along Interstate 5 construction projects in Tacoma and Renton, is used instead of fill dirt in building ramps and freeway construction projects.

CHICAGO (CBS) -- A large fire creating huge amounts of smoke broke out at a building on Chicago's West Side Wednesday evening, the second massive fire in the city within two days—and even within ...

Blocksfinj, a recently-launched Beirut-based company making foam furniture, showcased squishy blocks that look like solid stone during Beirut Design Week. The polyurethane foam building blocks ...

Lead-vacancy centers in diamond as building blocks for large-scale quantum networks by Tokyo Institute of Technology Editors' notes ...

How does it work? The company creates large blocks of foam, which are made up of 98% air, that can be shaped and glued together to create the skeleton of the home. Pieces of foam are glued ...