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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...