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Paper architect under the hammer

Posted on May 2nd 2008

Japanese starchitect Shigeru Ban's Paper Tea House reached £31 700 at a Phillips de Pury and Company auction.


Japanese starchitect Shigeru Ban's Paper Tea House reached £31 700 at a Phillips de Pury and Company auction of contemporary Japanese art. Designed for indoor use and measuring just over 5m, the house contains a table and four stools, and also features a waiting area with a bench, in keeping with tea ceremony practice. Unusual in Ban's paper architecture oeuvre, the house uses an interlocking square structure, rather than the typical tubes.

Shigeru Ban

Shigeru Ban (born 1957 in Tokyo) is an accomplished Japanese and international architect, most famous for his innovative work with paper, particularly recycled cardboard paper tubes used to quickly and efficiently house disaster victims.

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