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 ...

Shigeru Ban Architects has installed The Paper Log House on the grounds of Philip Johnson’s Glass House (Michael Biondo) Most obviously, the temporary installation has appellative similarities ...

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 ...

Shigeru Ban likes to keep us guessing. The Pritzker Prize winner is best known for his radical tectonic experiments with materials like paper, wood and PVC plastic, and for his temporary designs for ...

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 ...

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 ...

The last time I visited Shigeru Ban’s office, it was on top of the Pompidou Centre. The Japanese architect had just won a competition to build a new Pompidou Centre, in Metz, but didn’t have ...

Shigeru Ban Architects, in collaboration with The Glass House and The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture of the Cooper Union, have just revealed “Shigeru Ban: The Paper Log House at The ...