Bureau

Shigeru Ban Architects

practice

1985

Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Sacred Building Sacred Space Museum Performance Venue Cathedral Religious Building Temporary Architecture Civic Building

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Shigeru Ban Architects gallery

Paper Dome image

Church in Nantou County, Taiwan

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Centre Pompidou-Metz image

Art museum in Metz, France

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Cardboard Cathedral image

Church in Christchurch Central City, New Zealand

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Ōita Prefectural Art Museum image

Art museum in Ōita Prefecture, Japan

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La Seine Musicale image

Culture and leisure centre in Boulogne-Billancourt, France

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Toyota City Museum image

Museum in Toyota, Aichi, Japan

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Art museum in Dijon , France

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Simose Art Museum image

Museum of art in Ōtake, Hiroshima, Japan

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Boulogne-Billancourt1 Christchurch1 Dijon1 Metz1 Oita1 Ōtake-shi1

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Japan4 France3 New Zealand1

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museum · cathedral · church

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Architect

Shigeru Ban

Born 1957 · Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Role: founder

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Shigeru Ban is a Japanese architect, known for his innovative work with paper, particularly recycled cardboard tubes used to quickly and efficiently house disaster victims. Many of his notable designs are structures which are temporary, prefabricated, or incorporate inexpensive and unconventional materials in innovati…

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