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