Shigeru Ban is a Japanese architect. He was born in Tokyo, Japan, in 1957. Ban studied at the Tokyo University of the Arts, the Southern California Institute of Architecture, and Cooper Union’s School of Architecture. He was the Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate for 2014. The use of cardboard and cardboard tubes have contributed to his fame, as such, he was featured in Time magazine. In addition to his use of unique materials his humanitarian contributions are noteworthy.
Curtain Wall House
1995,Tokyo, Japan
Japanese Pavillion
2000, Hannover, Germany
Naked House
2000, Kawagoe, Saitama, Japan
Picture Window House
2002, Shizuoka, Japan
Nomadic Museum
2005, Tokyo, Japan
Paper Dome
2008, Puli Nantou County, Taiwan
Dellis Cay Villas
2009, Dallis Cay Island, Turks and Caicos Islands
Centre Pompidou-Metz
2010, Metz, France
Villa Vista
2010, Weligama, Sri Lanka
Cardboard Cathedral
2013, Christchurch Central City, New Zealand
Aspen Art Museum
2014, Aspen, Colorado
Bamboo Furniture House
2014, Badaling, China
Oita Prefectural Art Museum
2015, Kotobuki-Machi, Oita, Japan
Onagawa Station
2015, Miyagi Prefecture, Miyagi
La Seine Musicale
2017, Cours de l’Ile Seguin, Boulogne-Billancaourt, France
