A good idea can be a trap. The Japanese architect Shigeru Ban, a master of refined spectacle, once unfurled some bolts of fabric for an exhibition he was designing, then schlepped home the ...

The terrace of Unit 6, which spans the entire Shigeru Ban building on West 19th Street and was used as the model for a book on Ban’s work from 1985 to 2010. Photo: Scott Wintrow The building ...

This summary is reviewed by TRD Staff. Yakol Capital Partners is developing a 12-story, 320-unit condo project called House in Miami's Upper Buena Vista, designed by Pritzker Prize Laureate ...

Ceremonia del Premio Pritzker 2017: Ryue Nishizawa (izquierda), Tadao Ando, Kazuyo Sejima, Rafael Aranda, Glenn Murcutt, Carme Pigem, Ramon Vilalta, Toyo Ito, Shigeru ...

Cardboard tubes are among the materials that Japanese architect Shigeru Ban used to construct the Blue Ocean Dome pavilion at Expo 2025 Osaka, which contains exhibits by designer Kenya Hara.

This time, your bookshelves will be given a thorough work out by the works of legendary Japanese architect Shigeru Ban. Perhaps the country’s best-known contemporary designer, largely down to the ...

Japanese architect Shigeru Ban has been named the architecture laureate for this year's Praemium Imperiale awards by the Japan Art Association. The Praemium Imperiale is an annual global arts ...

Shigeru Ban is a Japanese architect born on August 5, 1957, renowned for his innovative use of materials and focus on sustainability. He is particularly famous for using paper and cardboard tubes ...

It may be mostly used for packaging, but cardboard is a surprisingly capable building material in the right hands, as highlighted by Shigeru Ban Architects with its eye-catching Blue Ocean Dome.