Archinect

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The installation of Ban's Paper Log House housing prototype in heavily afflicted Lahaina follows previous contributions to earthquake recovery efforts in Turkey and Morocco through Ban’s nonprofit Voluntary Architects’ Network (or VAN), which was first founded in 1995.

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ArchDaily

MARCH 5, 2024

Photo courtesy of Tom Welsh Japanese architect and social advocate, Riken Yamamoto , has been selected as the 2024 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate. Riken Yamamoto.

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The Architect's Newsletter

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The post Shigeru Ban Architects, ZHA, Henning Larsen, and 15 others compete to design Sarasota Performing Arts Center appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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The Architect's Newsletter

AUGUST 21, 2023

For some, the sheer utterance “Boston West End” evokes recollections of a neighborhood, just outside Boston’s city center, where thousands of predominantly working class Jewish and Black Bostonians were evicted The post MASS Design Group, Mikyoung Kim, Shigeru Ban Architects, and others throw their names in the hat to design a new library in Boston’s (..)

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Archinect

MAY 19, 2023

Shigeru Ban Architects has released photos of the architect’s response to the humanitarian crisis plaguing Turkey following the 7.8 earthquake that destroyed over 160,000 structures while claiming the lives of more than 50,000 people there and in Syria on February 6th.

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Deezen

APRIL 17, 2024

Japanese architect Shigeru Ban has created a pavilion from paper tubes, wood and milk crates to mark the 75th anniversary of US architect Philip Johnson's Glass House in Connecticut , USA. Johnson, who passed away in 2005, was one of the best-known architects of the 21st century. foot by 13.5 meters by 4.1

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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Shigeru Ban and the Voluntary Architects’ Network have shared news of their delivery of several Paper Log House prototypes in Morocco in response to the devastating 6.8 Photo: Voluntary Architects' Network via Face.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning architect Shigeru Ban has created a prototype for a temporary house that he plans to roll out in Morocco following this month's devastating earthquake. It is currently on show at the National School of Architecture of Marrakech, with which Ban's team collaborated on the build.

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World Architecture Community

APRIL 20, 2024

This season, The Glass House commemorates its Üöth Anniversary and the ongoing restoration of the Brick House with the opening of Shigeru Ban: The Paper Log House.In a noteworthy collaboration, The Glass House, Shigeru Ban Architects (SBA), and The Irwin S. Chanin School of Archi.

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Archinect

MARCH 3, 2023

Shigeru Ban Architects is operating in Turkey in response to the devastating earthquake that killed more than 50,000 across the region last month while leaving an estimated 3 million unsheltered in two countries.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Japanese architect Shigeru Ban has designed Infinite Maldives, a "resort residence" in the Maldives that will feature gardens and rows of houses on the water made from timber and locally sourced materials. Elsewhere, Ban recently brought his Paper Log House to Morocco in the wake of the country's devastating earthquake.

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The Spaces

APRIL 3, 2023

Shigeru Ban’s much anticipated Simose Art Museum has opened its doors to the public, offering guests the chance to explore Japanese art and design – followed by a stay in one of the architect’s iconic houses. Courtesy of the Simose Art Museum Paper House by Shigeru Ban at the Simose Art Museum.

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Archinect

JANUARY 5, 2023

A venerable Who’s Who of big-name architects has been announced as the 18-strong shortlist to deliver a new performing arts center to the center of downtown Sarasota, Florida — America's second-fastest growing community. Costs for the multiyear project are expected to range between $275 and $300 million.

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Deezen

JULY 24, 2023

Japanese studio Shigeru Ban Architects and local studio AMBK have designed a cross-laminated timber expansion for Ukraine 's largest hospital, which is located in Lviv. Shigeru Ban Architects and AMBK have designed an expansion to a hospital in Lviv The six-storey building will be constructed from cross-laminated timber (CLT).

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Deezen

JUNE 5, 2023

Pritzker Architecture Prize-winner Shigeru Ban explains why he is tired of seeing architects use mass timber and how he wants to design a building that "changes its clothes" in this interview. Ban is known for his structurally innovative wooden buildings and his work with biomaterials , including cardboard and mass timber.

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Dwell

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

Wheeler Smith in 1881—and it made headlines in 2017 when it was transformed into a luxurious boutique condo by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Shigeru Ban. Cast Iron House has been an iconic landmark in the heart of Tribeca since it was designed by W. Another terrace features a custom dog run for furry friends to enjoy.

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Archinect

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

A group called EUROPARC has won the 1st-prize honors in the international competition to design a new European Parliament building in Brussels after the results of a July vote from the body were shared on Tuesday.

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Archinect

JANUARY 22, 2024

‘His legacy’ from my point of view, would be a perpetual citizen architect for doing the talk and the walk for the greater good. Image courtesy of MVRDV A team led by Shigeru Ban constructed Paper Log House a prototype for wildfire-ravaged Maui. Gary Garvin was definitely a fan " + ".

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Deezen

AUGUST 4, 2022

An open-air platform for meditation is elevated above the treetops at Zenbo Seinei, a wooden retreat that Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning architect Shigeru Ban has completed on Awaji Island in Japan. Shigeru Ban has completed the Zenbo Seinei retreat on Awaji Island. There are a number of guest suites.

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ArchDaily

MARCH 3, 2022

Ceremonia del Premio Pritzker 2017: Ryue Nishizawa (izquierda), Tadao Ando, Kazuyo Sejima, Rafael Aranda, Glenn Murcutt, Carme Pigem, Ramon Vilalta, Toyo Ito, Shigeru Ban. Image © Pritzker Architecture Prize.

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Archinect

JUNE 27, 2022

The fictional film will be set in a public restroom that is part of the real-life urban renewal project known as the “The Tokyo Toilet project", which involves the creation of 17 public bathrooms in key locations in the Japanese capital with designs by world renowned Japanese architects, such as Tadao Ando and Sou Fujimoto.

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designboom

DECEMBER 12, 2023

shapes, rhythm, abstraction: swiss museums' captures structures designed by renowned architects like herzog & de meuron, mario botta, renzo piano, shigeru ban, and more.

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Deezen

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Japanese architect Shigeru Ban 's studio has designed a pair of wood-clad housing blocks in Belgium named Ban, which will sit alongside a courtyard "where people can unwind". Due to complete in 2025, Ban will comprise a low-rise, six-storey block and a 25-storey tower, containing a total of 295 residential units.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

A thatched roof and large cardboard tubes form part of the structure of the Farmer's Restaurant on Awaji Island, designed by Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning architect Shigeru Ban 's studio. Shigeru Ban Architects has created the Farmer's Restaurant on Awaji Island. It is also used as a music hall.

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Deezen

APRIL 19, 2023

Architect Shigeru Ban has created a space from paper tubes to showcase lamps by architect Frank Lloyd Wright for The Harmony of Form and Function exhibition during Milan design week. In Milan, Ban chose to use the tubes to create a space that would let visitors focus on the lights themselves. "I

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Archeyes

MAY 1, 2023

Nestled in Sengokubara, Japan, the exquisite timber house Villa, designed by renowned Japanese architect Shigeru Ban, boasts a harmonious square layout that thoughtfully integrates the surrounding natural environment. The post Timber House Villa in Sengokubara by Shigeru Ban: Harmonious Living appeared first on ArchEyes.

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Deezen

MARCH 4, 2022

Pritzker Prize-winning architect Shigeru Ban has designed a wooden meditation retreat named Zenbo Seinei, which is nearing completion on a verdant site on the Awaji Island in Japan. It is being designed by Ban for Japanese company Pasona Group , which oversees a number of facilities on Awaji Island in Japan's Seto Inland Sea.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 3, 2023

A circular wooden structure with a diameter of 700 metres is under construction off the coast of Japan as part of architect Sou Fujimoto 's masterplan for Expo 2025 Osaka. The visuals are courtesy of Sou Fujimoto Architects. The previous edition was Expo 2020 Dubai , which was actually held in 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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Deezen

MAY 7, 2024

Read: Shigeru Ban creates wooden Zenbo Seinei retreat on Japanese island "We placed these facilities in separate glass spaces so that visitors are challenged to move between the different facilities through the outdoors, engaging with the fresh air and the mountains," said Roggeveen. The photography is by Kris Provoost.

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Deezen

MAY 31, 2023

Japanese architect Shigeru Ban has given Dezeen an exclusive look at his design for the Expo 2025 Osaka , an undulating pavilion that will be built from paper tubes, bamboo and carbon-fibre reinforced plastic. The reason for using laminated bamboo was to meet Japan's building regulations, Ban explained.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Elsewhere at the Dongdaemun Design Plaza, Japanese architect Shigeru Ban exhibited a version of his disaster housing module Paper Log House , adapted for South Korea's particular environmental and material context. Partnership content This article was written by Dezeen for Seoul Design 2023 as part of a partnership.

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designboom

MARCH 22, 2022

shigeru ban responds to the ukrainian refugee crisis the voluntary architects’ network (VAN)—the non-profit organization led by shigeru ban—has installed emergency shelters for ukrainian refugees in neighboring poland. the system developed by VAN […]. the system developed by VAN […].

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Shigeru Ban created a prototype house in Morocco In architecture news, Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning architect Shigeru Ban created a prototype house that will be built in Morocco following a devastating earthquake earlier this month.

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Deezen

MARCH 17, 2023

We shared a case study of Shigeru Ban's Tamedia Office Building Continuing our Timber Revolution series, we interviewed two of mass timber's biggest proponents – architect Andrew Waugh of London practice Waugh Thistleton Architects and Canadian architect Michael Green, who compared architects not adopting biomaterials to "dinosaurs".

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Deezen

APRIL 8, 2022

Pritzker Prize-winning architect Shigeru Ban has installed his Paper Partition System across temporary shelters in Europe that are housing Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion. Shigeru Ban has installed his Paper Partition System in refugee shelters housing displaced Ukrainians. Photo is by Maciej Bujko.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Read: Shigeru Ban designs Infinite Maldives resort around landscaped gardens The undulating bamboo structure of the roof sits on top of the columns, reaching its peak at a spine-like ridge. The photography is by Joe Chua Agdeppa.

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Deezen

JULY 1, 2023

This month's Dezeen In Depth newsletter looks at the changing nature of queer spaces and features an exclusive interview with Japanese architect Shigeru Ban. With Pride Month drawing to a close, Dezeen spoke with LGBTQ+ designers and researchers about the evolution of queer spaces and how architects can help protect them.

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