Pritzker Prize-winning architect Shigeru Ban just unveiled plans for the world's tallest timber hybrid high-rise, the Terrace House. Slated for Vancouver's Coal Harbour neighborhood, the angular structure will have multiple...
Pritzker Prize-winning Japanese architect Shigeru Ban is widely known and respected for his 20 year career in designing groundbreaking buildings from cardboard, paper and other unexpected materials, as well as his humanitarian...
The new Oita Prefectural Art Museum, designed by Shigeru Ban Architects, is an open environment nestled into a box-like volume. The building is highly sensitive to context and local climate, with 20-foot-high glass panels...
Inhabitat has long admired Japanese architect Shigeru Ban, not only for his commitment to creating beautiful and high-quality disaster relief design, but also for his innovative use of environmentally friendly, natural materials...
The LVMH Kodomo Art Maison is a new community center dedicated to children in Fukushima to support disaster relief efforts. The two-story building was designed and built by Shigeru Ban and the Voluntary Architect's Network....
Mountain and art lovers rejoice - your next destination is Aspen to see the brand spanking new Aspen Art Museum. Designed by Shigeru Ban, the museum recently opened to the public to feature a rotating schedule of traveling...
Work began on the Aspen Art Museum in 2005, construction kicked off in 2012, and now the museum is complete and ready for the public. The museum is hosting private showings this week, but come Saturday, August 9th, it will...
Work began on the Aspen Art Museum in 2005, construction kicked off in 2012, and now the museum is complete and ready for the public. The museum is hosting private showings this week, but come Saturday, August 9th, it will...
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In March 2011, the town of Onagawa, Japan was devastated by a powerful earthquake. In the months that followed, Shigeru Ban Architects designed a temporary housing complex for survivors who had been displaced from their...
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With thousands of Japanese displaced due to last week’s earthquake and ensuing tsunami, many are currently forced to make homes in local shelters lacking the comfort of even just a little bit of privacy...
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