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Shigeru Ban

  • Blue Ocean Dome
    Design News > Architecture & Interiors
    Shigeru Ban unveiled the Blue Ocean Dome, a pavilion designed as a call for climate action, ocean conservation and sustainability >
    18 Apr 25
  • Photographs: Pritzker Architecture Prize, Tomio Ohashi
    Building social bonds
    Design News > Architecture & Interiors
    Riken Yamamoto is the 53rd Pritzker Prize laureate. >
    18 Mar 24
  • Pavilions on a pedestal
    Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design
    Architectural pavilions can take creativity to the next level – but what makes a pavilion truly great? >
    17 Apr 22
  • Outer peace
    Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Urban & Landscape Design
    Design Indaba Alumnus Shigeru Ban designs a wellness retreat on Japan’s Awaji Island >
    10 Apr 22
  • Ban low-cost home prototype
    Low-cost homes for the Kenyan Kalobeyei refugee camp by Shigeru Ban
    Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Activism
    This sustainably-produced house will soon provide shelter to some 38 000 displaced people. >
    19 Sep 17
  • Paper log house by Shigeru Ban.
    Help for the homeless
    Focus On > Architecture & Interiors / Design Activism / Product Design
    Shelter is one of the most basic human needs. We round up four innovative designs for temporary shelter. >
    16 Nov 14
  • Cast Iron House by Shigeru Ban. Image: Hayes Davidson.
    Historic makeover
    Design News > Architecture & Interiors
    Shigeru Ban re-imagines the interior of one of New York City's landmarked building: Cast Iron House. >
    28 May 14
  • Paper log house by Shigeru Ban.
    Made of paper
    Design News > Architecture & Interiors / Design Activism
    Shigeru Ban has constructed paper log houses for victims effected by typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines. >
    19 May 14
  • The new Aspen Art Museum by Shigeru Ban. Image: Tony Prikryl.
    Art in Aspen
    Design News > Architecture & Interiors
    Recent Pritzker Architecture Prize winner Shigeru Ban has developed a concept for the new Aspen Art Museum in the US. >
    14 Apr 14
  • Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas home. Image: ©Aki Furudate.
    Where architects live
    Design News > Architecture & Interiors
    An exhibition at the upcoming Salone del Mobile in Milan gives visitors an intimate look into the living spaces of some of the world's leading architects. >
    2 Apr 14
  • Design Souq cardboard pavilion by Shigeru Ban for the Abu Dhabi Art Festival.
    Cardboard marketplace
    Design News > Architecture & Interiors
    Shigeru Ban has created a temporary, mobile pavilion in his signature material, cardboard, for the Abu Dhabi Art Festival. >
    19 Dec 13
  • Sengokubara residence by Shigeru Ban.
    Teardrop beauty
    Design News > Architecture & Interiors
    Shigeru Ban has designed a house that allows residents to feel as through they have been removed from the rest of the city. >
    30 Oct 13
  • Yakushima Takatsuka Lodge by Shigeru Ban. Image: Hiroyuki Hirai.
    Treetop luxury
    Design News > Architecture & Interiors
    Shigeru Ban has constructed a "tree house" on Yakushima Island made from a selection of paper tubes. >
    22 Oct 13
  • Kyoto University Temporary Studio by Shigeru Ban.
    Studio space
    Design News > Architecture & Interiors
    Shigeru Ban has worked alongside a group of graduates to design a temporary studio space for Kyoto University. >
    27 Jul 13
  • Swatch and Omega Headquarters by Shigeru Ban.
    Grand gesture
    Design News > Architecture & Interiors
    Shigeru Ban's proposal for the new Swatch and Omega Headquarters represents an assertion in brand identity. >
    15 Jun 13
  • Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2013.
    Aga Khan Award for Architecture 2013
    Lookbook > Architecture & Interiors
    Here are the 20 projects shortlisted for the 2013 Aga Khan Award for Architecture. >
    7 May 13
  • Post-Tsunami Housing. Shigeru Ban.
    Community housing
    Design News > Architecture & Interiors
    Shigeru Ban's housing project for Sri Lanka creates a sense of community in the disaster-struck Kirinda village. >
    6 May 13
  • Architecture and Humanitarian Activities. Shigeru Ban.
    Lifelong timber
    Design News > Architecture & Interiors
    The "Architecture and Humanitarian Activities" exhibition highlights the lifelong work and career of renowned architect Shigeru Ban. >
    30 Apr 13
  • Greenhouse effect
    Design News > Architecture & Interiors
    Shigeru Ban's "Tamedia Building" is made entirely out of timber without the use of nails, screws or glue to keep it together. >
    5 Apr 13
  • Paper pavilion by Shigeru Ban.
    Appropriate architecture
    Design News > Architecture & Interiors
    Spacious, stylish, contemporary and sustainable, Shigeru Ban's new cardboard pavilion encapsulates it all. >
    27 Mar 13
  • Temporary structure
    Design News > Architecture & Interiors
    Architect Shigeru Ban has designed a temporary cathedral in earthquake-devastated Christchurch, New Zealand. >
    17 Jan 13
  • Cardboard construction
    Design News > Architecture & Interiors
    Shigeru Ban has created a temporary pavilion out of cardboard to host the Garage Center for Contemporary Culture in Moscow. >
    31 Oct 12
  • One chair is enough
    Design News > Product Design / Design Thinking
    Shigeru Ban’s ingenious new 10-Unit System for Artek can be used to make a chair, table or bench using just one simple L-shaped unit. >
    8 Aug 09
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