Architects and designers are finding more and more ways to create products and designs that protect the environment, as shown by these creative cardboard spaces. Cardboard is a versatile material that can be used to build a wide range of structures, from cat homes to prefabricated playgrounds.
Some of the reasons why this material has become more popular is because it's recyclable, easy to build, portable and adaptable. It can be used to build offices, houses, shelters, playhomes and other examples of eco-friendly constructions. In addition to all these fantastic qualities, cardboard feels warm and somehow cozy, making living areas more enjoyable and friendly, even during times of environmental crisis.
Check out these creative cardboard spaces to find unique designs and ideas that help the environment and work toward a better future for humanity.
31 Creative Cardboard Spaces

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Odd Recyclable Offices
Alrik Koudenburg & Joost van Bleiswijk Design the Nothing Cardboard Bureau

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Prefabricated Playgrounds
The Play Modern Cuba and 2cuba Playhouses are Built With Minimal Tools
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Portable Personal Bubbles
MMASA Architects & Cipriano Chas Let You Be a Bubble Boy (or Girl)
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Corrugated Workspaces
It Aint No Disco In A Cardboard Office, But it Certainly is Creative
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Luxury Paper Pop-Ups
Hermes + Shigeru Ban Pavilion is an Eco-Friendly Design
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Cardboard Telescope Installations
Chris Saunter Cuts Through Walls to See the Stars
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Simple Pop-Up Shelters
Atelier OPA Creates Simple Cardboard Havens That Takes Seconds to Make
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Cardboard Architecture
Play Houses and Furniture Made of Corrugated Boxes
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Designer Kiddie Playhomes
The SmartPlayhouse Offers Personal and Stylish Spaces for Children
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Boxed-Like Abodes
The False Bay Writer's Cabin Boasts Wooden Walls That Rise and Fall
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Cardboard Creations
Paperpod Housing
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Creative Construction Sets
Habitadule Provides Endless Building Block Fun for Kids
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Expandable Shelters
Foldable Shippable Emergency Shelter by Can Koseoglu Design
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Flatpack Forts
The 'Villa Julia' Cardboard Playhouse Lets Kids Play Designer
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Personalized Emergency Shelters
Disaster Preparedness Gets Chic With Kelvin Yong's Metaplate
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Mountainous Dollhouses
The StudioXAG 'Hands On: Design Brought to Life' Exhibit
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Cardboard Constructed Interiors
The Bloomberg Meeting Space by Lazerian is Paper-Made
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Minimalist Pet Houses
Cat Home by Leo Kempf
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Life-Sized Paper Houses
Chinese Architect Responds to Sichuan Earthquake
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Feline Wigwams
The Cat Tepee Gets Your Cat off of the Couch and into a Place of Its Own
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Dollhouses Made of Dust
Sculptures From Vacuum Cleaner Dirt
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Cardboard Castles
Four Guys Create a Fort Fit for Do-It-Yourself Kings
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Eco-Chic Exhibitions
American Museum of Natural History's Green Dance
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Recyclable Workspaces
The Cardboard Office
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Cardboard Cat Houses
The Kitty Dome is a Sustainable Space for Your Furry Feline
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Disaster Housing Designs
The Octagon Post-Earthquake House
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Medieval Cardboard Chambers
The 'Hidden Lines' Guest Room by Jeroen van Mechelen
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Cardboard Pet Homes
The Cutting-Edge ‘SnoozePal' Hammock Is Purrfect For Lazy Felines
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Homeless Cocoon Shelters
This Nifty Hwang Kim Design Offers Discrete, Portable Outdoor Protection
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Temporary Reflective Shelters
The Hexayurt Geodesic Dome is the Perfect Nomad Desert Refuge
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Insect-Inspired Office Additions
The Pupa Pavilion is a Creative and Green Meeting Space
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The Accordion Paper Cup Concept is Easy to Carry
Educational Climate Change Toys
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The 'Cuna' Furniture by Valeria Coello is Made Out of Cardboard
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Plant-Based Timber Cabins
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Futuristic Imaginative Design Concepts
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Reusable Paper-Made Water Bottles
The 'reU' Reusable Water Bottle Concept is Recyclable
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3D-Printed Wooden Furniture Series
A Team of Designers Created Projects with EconitWood
Kid-Envisioned Urban Environments
The Little Big Playmat Takes a Creative Path to Design Problems
Versatile Compact Modern Residences
Backcountry Containers Presents the Augustine Tiny Home
Cat-Friendly Minimal Desk Concepts
Liam de la Bedoyere Desgisn the Cat Cubby Desk Concept
Flexible Pre-Fabricated Homes
Rabih Hage Introduces His Latest Design — Muudo
Power-Producing Home Designs
'House W' but the Florian Busch Architects is Barn-Shaped
Sustainable Paper Cosmetic Packaging
The Arcade Beauty Paper Packette is Made with 80% Paper
Premium Cat Tree Systems
PETLIBRO Designs the New Infinity DIY Cat Tree System for Pets
Sustainable Carton-Based Packaging
Tetra Pak Debuts Its First Trial Facility for Recart
Squid-Inspired Packaging
Squid-Inspired Packaging Revolutionizes Temperature Control
Paperboard Gin Bottles
Georgian Bay Spirit's 100% Recycled Paperboard Bottle is Produced in Canada
Crowdfunded Circular Childrens Toys
Tiny Earth Toys is Launching a Kickstarter for 'Tiny Spaces'
Multipurpose Pet-Friendly Furniture
The Wowo Multipurpose Furniture is Colorful and Playful
Two-Person Wooden Dwellings
IAAC Designs the Moca Home Using Collected Wood in Barcelona
Cardboard-Resembling Illusion Cakes
Wholegreen Bakery Cooks up the Cardboard Cake
Origami-Inspired Lit Table Concepts
Sonakshi Gupta Designs the Dynamic LightUP Concept
Repurposed Pasta Boxes
Barilla & Marie Kondo are Sharing How to Reuse Packaging
Recyclable eCommerce Packaging
This New Amazon Packaging is Paper-Made and Arriving in the UK
Contemporary Cat Furniture Collections
Vazken Karageozian Designs the CONNECT Collection
Paper-Inspired Artful Museums
Bjarke Ingels Group Designed the Museum for Papirkunst
Wooden-Deck Compact Residences
Konpak Tiny Homes Designs the Jody Tiny Home with a Small Footprint
Paper-Packaged Haircare Products
Babo Botanicals Has Launched Haircare Products in Cartons
Sustainability-Oriented Kids Toys
Learning Resources Unveils a New Sustainable Toy Capsule
Sustainable Portable Cat Shelters
The Batsy Cat Shelter by Burcu Nehir Tüm Offers Comfort
Upcycled Circular Design Products
Cyrc Designs Expansive Products with Sustainable Themes
Wooden Textural Furniture Series
Hanneke Lourens Designs the Corrugated Furniture Capsule
Contemporary Sustainable Mobile Homes
IAAC Designs the MO.CA (MOBILE CATALYST) Mobile Home
Modular Biodesign Furniture Series
The VANK-CUBE Series are Made from Flax and Hemp Materials
Sustainable Cafe Delivery Cases
This Paper Pulp Coffee Carrier Keeps Drinks Hot or Cold
Modular Camping Furniture
'Owomo' Created a Line of Build-Your-Own Camping Panels
Recyclable Hardware Packaging
Nokia is Adopting Lighter Recyclable Packaging for Circularity
Remote Work-Catering Modern Homes
Studio Plow and Brit Epperson Creates a Workspace-Home
Eco-Friendly Pouf Chair Concepts
Design Studio701 Creates the Rio Pouffe Concept
Recyclable Cardboard Lining
Sonoco Created Recyclable Linings for Cristalco's Icing Sugars
Bamboo-Based Dome Pavilions
Shigeru Ban Used Cardboard Tubes to Create the Blue Ocean Dome
Meticulous Paper-Stacked Chairs
Brian Thoreen Creates the Paragraphic in Four Stacks Chairs
Bio-Based Compact Housing
Woonpioniers Designs the Sustainable Sprout Ruben & Marjolein House
Modernism Birdhouse Exhibitions
Andu Masebo and Rio Kobayashi Create the Dwellings Project
Bioplastic-Made Home Interiors
Natural Material Studio Presents the White Utopia Installation
Modular Retail Product-Designed Homes
The Muji Muji 5.5 House is Filled with Muji Products
Paper-Made Dissolvable E-Waste
Franziska Kerber Designs a New Source of Sustainable Electronic
Educational Linoleum Birdhouses
The 'ELVI' Birdhouse Educates About Sustainability
Sustainable Cork-Based Sofa Designs
Paul Crofts and Isomi Design the Tejo System
3D-Printed Sturdy Homes
Progreso and COBOD Creates a Printed Durable Home Within Hours
Festive Bamboo Tissues Papers
The Stack-A-Tree is an Eco-friendly Twist on Holiday Decorations
Fungi-Based Building Materials
Mycocrete is an Eco Material Developed by Newcastle University
Bamboo-Based Sustainable Toiletries
'Caboo' Offers Wipes and Papers Made with Soft Bamboo
Cocoa Bean-Based Display Units
Mars Wrigley is Trialing a Second 'Cocoa Cardboard' Bean Display
3D-Printed Sustainable Home Designs
HONOKA LAB Presents the TATAMI ReFAB PROJECT
Hempcrete Garden Office Studios
Van Laethem Architecten Creates the New Garden Office
Economical Modular Wooden Homes
The Cake House Reinvents Housing in the Czech Republic
Semi-Permanent Office Sheltering
Orangebox Introduces the Campers & Dens System
Recycled Cardboard Toilet Papers
These Tesco Paper Products are for the Kitchen and Bathroom
Demountable Wooden Retail Spaces
Architecture for London Designs Present & Correct's New Space
Sustainable Modular Desk Trays
A Team of Designers Join on a Minimal Tray Collection
Cat-Friendly Conceptual Playful Furniture
Yamaha Presents the Neko-Yama and Other Designs
Upcycled Plastic Construction Companies
'Kubik' Uses Plastic Waste as a Sustainable Material
Electronic Packaging-Made Stools
Razeen Mohammed Designs the Portable EDGAR Stool
Grow-at-Home Sponge Furniture
ÉCAL's Sponge Furniture Expands 10 Times in Size After Soaking
Upcycled Plastic Furniture Series
Kasper Kyster Presents the Crafting Plastic Series
Low-Carbon Biomaterial Bricks
Tavs Jorgensen Created Sustainable Extruding Cob Bricks
Cat-Friendly Seat Concepts
Jing-Cyuan Tang Designs Furniture for Pets and Owners Alike
Recycling-Centric Waterfront Homes
Measured Architecture Designs the Shor House Project
Sustainable Vibrant Work Environments
LEGO Group Shows Off its Innovation Campus in Denmark
House-Layered Structural Designs
DCA Architects of Transformation Designs the Chodge
Reusable Framework Systems
Origami-Inspired System 'Unfold Form' Reduces Concrete and Steel Use
Sustainable Cork Desk Organizers
Faith Demirci Designs the Korka Organizer System
Cat Tree Furniture Concepts
Ricardo Sá Designs the Slash Cat Tree Concepts for the Home
Digital Business Card Platforms
Digital Business Card Claims to Offer an Eco-Friendly Approach
Cork Cladding London Homes
Nina+Co and ROAR Architects Complete Nina's House
Hempcrete-Crafted Sustainable Workspaces
Commonbond Architects Designs the Gardenhide Studio
Convenient Online Greeting Cards
Happy Tree Cards Makes Online Cards a More Collaborative Process
Personal Cubicle Concepts
Ma. Camilla Isabel Reyes Designs a Personal Working Pod Concept
Origami-Style Shelled Residences
Adrian James Architects Designs the Copper Bottom House
Tree-Free Sustainable Packaging
Craste Uses Crop Residue to Create Eco-Friendly Packaging
Elevated Miami Office Spaces
Arcadis' In-House Team Designs a New Office Space in Miami
Paper-Made Mushroom Packaging
Sainsbury's Mushroom Punnets are Now Made with Cardboard
Doughnut-Shaped Elevated Houses
Studio Saxe Designs the Sinfornia Verde in Carate, Costa Rica
Compact Calming Homes
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Eco-Friendly Refurbished Studios
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Organic Plastic Furniture Series
Kasper Kyster Creates the Crafting Plastic Collection
Sustainably Crafted Pavilions
Shigeru Ban Introduces the Paper Log House in the Glass House
Ruin-Adaptive Shipping Container Homes
Patrick Bradley Architects Forms the Barneys Ruins Project
Mid-Century-Inspired Paper House Ornaments
West Elm Presents a Series of Paper Christmas Ornaments
Origami-Inspired Porcelain Art
Saori Matsushita Creates a New Range of Porcelain Pieces
Cardboard-Inspired Ceramic Household Art
Jacques Monneraud Designs the Cardboard Collection
Cutout Roof Cement-Clad Homes
Edition Office Designs a Home with a Focus on Tree Views
Paper-Like Sleek Furniture Capsules
Béton Brut Presents the Alu Collection by Archive for Space
Biodegradable Mycelium Living Structures
Côme Di Meglio Designs the MycoTemple Structure
Blocked Modular Furniture Systems
The Vank Cube System by Anna Vonhausen Adapts to Any Space
Sustainable Recycled Aircraft Skateboard
François Jaubert Designs the Eco-Friendly TRASHBOARD
Curved Stacked Wooden Boxes
Studio Entrandan Designs the Box Set with Wooden Details
Transparent Bean Bag Furniture
Shayan Ramesht Designs a Sustainable Bean Bag Structure
Squishy Clay-Made Daybeds
Niveau Zéro Atelier Designs the Soft Soil Daybed From Waste Clay
Cave-Like Folded Residences
Earthscape Studio Creates the Unique Structural Wild House
Repurposed Furniture Design Exhibitions
Honoka Presents the Tatami Refab Project Exhibition
Paper Packaging Recycle Stations
Co-cre8 Debuts the New Paper Cup Collection and Recycling Service
Shaded Modern Outdoor Furniture
mmcité street furniture Designs the UFO Shelter for Outdoors
Billboard-Transformed Tent Shelters
Wunderman Thompson Morocco Creates the Life-Saving Outdoors
Eco-Friendly Desk Stands
The 'HOMBI' is a Customizable Stand for Phones, Cards, and More
Eco-Friendly Modular Refugee Shelters
AllSpace has Designed a Special Shelter Prototype
Natural Material-Transformed Artworks
Borrowed Earth Collaborative Uses Natural Materials for Art
Paper-Like Art Museum Roofs
BIG Expands the Museum for Paper Art in Denmark with a Folded Roof
Sustainable Minimal Compact Homes
The Team at Lou Tiny House Creates a New Compact Home
Textured Prefab Holiday Cabins
TEST Presents the Prefab House Changeover in Barcelona
Contemporary Weatherized Homes
OOF! Architecture Designs the Acute House for a Family
Corrugated Metal-Clad Residences
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Expansive Roofs Concrete Homes
Studio MOB Creates a House in the Farm in Coimbatore
Compact Red Wooden Homes
Studio TEST Presents the Prefab House Changeover Structure
Tree-Lined Striking Modern Residences
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Elevated Water Towers
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Urban Design Card Games
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Collapsible Plastic Shipping Solutions
Kite Packaging Plastic Pallet Boxes are Cost-Effective
Pencil Shaving-Inspired Decks
Thilina Liyanage's Tropical Yoga Deck is Sustainably Built
Shipping Container-Built Homes
Backcountry Containers Presents the Kennedy Model Home
Sawdust Scrap Recyclable Stools
Renaud Defrancesco Designs the Briket Stool for Firewood