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Shigeru Ban (坂 茂, Ban Shigeru, born 5 August 1957) [2] is a Japanese architect, known for his innovative work with paper, particularly recycled cardboard tubes used to quickly and efficiently house disaster victims.
SHIGERU BAN 'PAPER TUBE HOME' PROJECT—To view the prototype at Rinzai Zen Mission, make an appointment by contacting Kosen Haga, .—Donations for the project can be made to the Voluntary ...
The facade—the architect’s first project in California—is composed of accordion-like pleats crafted from American oak and glass. Made You Look: Tiffany Reveals a Shigeru Ban–Designed ...
The Centre Pompidou-Metz is a museum of modern and contemporary art located in Metz, capital of Lorraine, France. [1] It is a branch of Pompidou arts centre of Paris, and features semi-permanent and temporary exhibitions from the large collection of the French National Museum of Modern Art, the largest European collection of 20th and 21st century arts.
Its design began as a simple two-story renovation project, in 2005, when well-known gallery owner Klemens Gasser contacted Shigeru Ban. [2] The rezoning of West Chelsea and the Meatpacking District, as a result of the High Line development was the major urban development change to influence the Shutter House design.
The new museum is part of an effort to expand the display of contemporary arts beyond Paris's large museums. The new museum's building was designed by the architect Shigeru Ban with a curving and asymmetrical pagoda-like roof topped by a spire and punctured by upper galleries. The 77-metre central spire is a nod to the year the Centre Georges ...
The Cardboard Cathedral was designed by the Japanese architect Shigeru Ban and opened in August 2013. It is located on the site of the former St John the Baptist Church on the corner of Hereford and Madras Streets in Latimer Square, several blocks from the permanent location of ChristChurch Cathedral.
The Paper Dome (Chinese: 桃米紙教堂; pinyin: Táomǐ Zhǐ Jiàotáng) [1] is a temporary church building constructed using paper tubes as structural elements. It was designed on a pro-bono basis by Shigeru Ban, a Japanese architect who is known for his paper tube structures and buildings.