How to create CSS grid with columns of unequal height and width

Line based placement method can be used to create CSS grid with columns of unequal height and width.

.grid-container {
  display: grid;
  grid-template-columns: auto auto auto;
  grid-template-rows: repeat(10, 1fr);
  grid-gap: 5px;
  padding: 5px;
  height: 100vh;
  background-color: #2196F3;
}

/* line-based placement */
.item1 { grid-column: 1 / 2; grid-row: 1 / 4; }
.item2 { grid-column: 2 / 3; grid-row: 1 / 8; }
.item3 { grid-column: 3 / 4; grid-row: 1 / 4; }
.item4 { grid-column: 1 / 3; grid-row: 8 / 11; }
.item5 { grid-column: 3 / 4; grid-row: 4 / 11; }

.grid-container > div {
  background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);
  text-align: center;
  border: 1px solid #ccc;
}
* { box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0; }

<div class="grid-container">
  <div class="item1"><p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit.</p></div>
  <div class="item2"><p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit. Totam sunt blanditiis facere eius placeat suscipit consequuntur ullam dolor quod tenetur. Nostrum deleniti id temporibus officia, itaque voluptatibus laudantium ad porro.</p></div>
  <div class="item3"><p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit.</p></div>  
  <div class="item4"><p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit.</p></div>
  <div class="item5"><p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit.</p></div>
</div>

Desired output:

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