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Shigeru Ban’s disaster relief efforts were featured on Sustainable Japan by the Japan Times. He discusses his early work establishing...
Year:
2019
Status:
Competition
Location:
France
Type:
Extension / Renovation
Program:
Education
![](https://shigerubanarchitects.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/shigeru-ban-nanterre0.jpg)
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Year:
2019
Status:
Competition
Location:
France
Type:
Extension / Renovation
Program:
Education
Year:
2019
Status:
Competition
Location:
France
Type:
Extension / Renovation
Program:
Education
This is a proposal for renovating the former architecture school in Nanterre in the suburb of Paris. The architecture of...
Year:
2019
Status:
Competition
Location:
France
Type:
Extension / Renovation
Program:
Education
Year:
2018
Status:
Completed
Program:
Product Design
![](https://shigerubanarchitects.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/shigeru-ban-industrial-mirror-ball0.jpg)
Year:
2018
Status:
Completed
Program:
Product Design
A lighting fixture designed while Shigeru Ban was still a student. The angle of the “half-mirror light bulb” can be...
Year:
2018
Status:
Completed
Program:
Product Design
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Year:
2017
Status:
Completed
Location:
France
Type:
New-built
Program:
Theater / Auditorium
Year:
2017
Status:
Completed
Location:
France
Type:
New-built
Program:
Theater / Auditorium
This project is for a music hall complex including a multi-purpose hall, classical music hall and school of music, located...
Year:
2017
Status:
Completed
Location:
France
Type:
New-built
Program:
Theater / Auditorium
Year:
2015
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Transport and Infrastructure
![](https://shigerubanarchitects.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/shigeru-ban-onagawa-station0-433x217.jpg)
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Year:
2015
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Transport and Infrastructure
Year:
2015
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Transport and Infrastructure
This new station has been moved 150m toward the mountain at an elevation 7m higher than before. This three-story facility...
Year:
2015
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Transport and Infrastructure
Year:
2015
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Residential
![](https://shigerubanarchitects.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/shigeru-ban-solid-cedar-house0.jpg)
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Year:
2015
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Residential
Year:
2015
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Residential
With the several projects up until now, concepts have been developed based on Mies Van der Rohe’s works as a...
Year:
2015
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Residential
Year:
2014
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Culture and Leisure
![](https://shigerubanarchitects.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/shigeru-ban-lvmh0-433x217.jpg)
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Year:
2014
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Culture and Leisure
Year:
2014
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Culture and Leisure
The LVMH Art Maison is a 2-storey timber structure multipurpose center, with a total floor area of 291.0m². It not...
Year:
2014
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Culture and Leisure
Year:
2013
Status:
Completed
Location:
Switzerland
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Museum / Gallery
![](https://shigerubanarchitects.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/shigeru-ban-rietberg-pavilion0.jpg)
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Year:
2013
Status:
Completed
Location:
Switzerland
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Museum / Gallery
Year:
2013
Status:
Completed
Location:
Switzerland
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Museum / Gallery
The pavilion is used during the summer months for 3 months then put in storage for the remaining time so...
Year:
2013
Status:
Completed
Location:
Switzerland
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Museum / Gallery
Year:
2013
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Residential
![](https://shigerubanarchitects.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/shigeru-ban-sengohukara-villa0.jpg)
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Year:
2013
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Residential
Year:
2013
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Residential
The 2-storey wood structure residence is situated on a flag pole shaped site, 30m square in plan with a 15m...
Year:
2013
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Residential
Year:
2013
Status:
Completed
Location:
New Zealand
Type:
New-built
Program:
Place of Worship
![](https://shigerubanarchitects.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/CCC_001_2.jpg)
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Year:
2013
Status:
Completed
Location:
New Zealand
Type:
New-built
Program:
Place of Worship
Year:
2013
Status:
Completed
Location:
New Zealand
Type:
New-built
Program:
Place of Worship
The February 2011 Christchurch earthquake (magnitude 6.3) inflicted crippling damage on the Christchurch Cathedral which was the symbol of city....
Year:
2013
Status:
Completed
Location:
New Zealand
Type:
New-built
Program:
Place of Worship
Year:
2023
Status:
In Progress
Location:
Ukraine
Type:
Temporary
![](https://shigerubanarchitects.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/1688333276966_filtered-1-433x217.jpg)
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Year:
2023
Status:
In Progress
Location:
Ukraine
Type:
Temporary
Year:
2023
Status:
In Progress
Location:
Ukraine
Type:
Temporary
<<Ukraine Relief Projects PHASE 4 Hospital in Lviv PHASE 3 Stove Aid PHASE 2Styrofoam Housing System PHASE 1PPS for Ukraine...
Year:
2023
Status:
In Progress
Location:
Ukraine
Type:
Temporary
“Beyond Borders: Architectures of Japan” commemorating the 50th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between Japan and China is...
Year:
2019
Status:
Completed
Location:
Taiwan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Museum / Gallery
![](https://shigerubanarchitects.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Shigeru-Ban-Tainan-Art-Museum-DJI_0205.jpg)
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Year:
2019
Status:
Completed
Location:
Taiwan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Museum / Gallery
Year:
2019
Status:
Completed
Location:
Taiwan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Museum / Gallery
This art museum explores a building typology where the art museum and the activities of the park are not separate,...
Year:
2019
Status:
Completed
Location:
Taiwan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Museum / Gallery
Year:
2018
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Culture and Leisure
![](https://shigerubanarchitects.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/shigeru-ban-chateau-yufuinfo0.jpg)
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Year:
2018
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Culture and Leisure
Year:
2018
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Culture and Leisure
The upper and lower floors are gently connected by a slope in a space where Y-shaped arch columns of laminated...
Year:
2018
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Culture and Leisure
Year:
2017
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Residential
![](https://shigerubanarchitects.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/shigeru-ban-triangle-house0.jpg)
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Year:
2017
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Residential
Year:
2017
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Residential
The complex site with irregular angles and a steep slope was further restricted in having to consider the possibility of...
Year:
2017
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Residential
Year:
2017
Status:
Unbuilt
Location:
Germany
Type:
New-built
Program:
Residential
Feature:
Glass Shutter Façade
![](https://shigerubanarchitects.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/shigeru-ban-water-towers0-433x217.jpg)
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Year:
2017
Status:
Unbuilt
Location:
Germany
Type:
New-built
Program:
Residential
Feature:
Glass Shutter Façade
Year:
2017
Status:
Unbuilt
Location:
Germany
Type:
New-built
Program:
Residential
Feature:
Glass Shutter Façade
The site is located in the center of Hamburg at East area of Hafencity. The program of the competition asked...
Year:
2017
Status:
Unbuilt
Location:
Germany
Type:
New-built
Program:
Residential
Feature:
Glass Shutter Façade
Year:
2015
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Museum / Gallery
![](https://shigerubanarchitects.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/shigeru-ban-iota0.jpg)
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Year:
2015
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Museum / Gallery
Year:
2015
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Museum / Gallery
To service the various events, functions and installations that will be held at the museum, horizontal bi-folding doors and moveable...
Year:
2015
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Museum / Gallery
Year:
2014
Status:
Completed
Location:
Philippines
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Residential
![](https://shigerubanarchitects.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/shigeru-ban-paper-temporary-shelter0-433x217.jpg)
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Year:
2014
Status:
Completed
Location:
Philippines
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Residential
Year:
2014
Status:
Completed
Location:
Philippines
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Residential
This is the temporary shelter constructed at Daanbantayan, Cebu, Philippines, following the devastation of Typhoon Haiyan in November of 2013....
Year:
2014
Status:
Completed
Location:
Philippines
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Residential
Year:
2014
Status:
Completed
Location:
United States
Type:
New-built
Program:
Museum / Gallery
![](https://shigerubanarchitects.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/shigeru-ban-aspen-art-museum0.jpg)
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Year:
2014
Status:
Completed
Location:
United States
Type:
New-built
Program:
Museum / Gallery
Year:
2014
Status:
Completed
Location:
United States
Type:
New-built
Program:
Museum / Gallery
The New Aspen Art Museum is located in the center of the high mountain town of Aspen, Colorado, on a...
Year:
2014
Status:
Completed
Location:
United States
Type:
New-built
Program:
Museum / Gallery
Year:
2013
Status:
Completed
Location:
China
Type:
New-built
Program:
Retail and Commercial
Feature:
Glass Shutter Façade
![](https://shigerubanarchitects.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/shigeru-ban-shangai-restaurant0.jpg)
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Year:
2013
Status:
Completed
Location:
China
Type:
New-built
Program:
Retail and Commercial
Feature:
Glass Shutter Façade
Year:
2013
Status:
Completed
Location:
China
Type:
New-built
Program:
Retail and Commercial
Feature:
Glass Shutter Façade
This feature restaurant and lounge aspires to be the jewel box feature for a new mega-city block development in Shanghai....
Year:
2013
Status:
Completed
Location:
China
Type:
New-built
Program:
Retail and Commercial
Feature:
Glass Shutter Façade
Year:
2013
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Culture and Leisure
![](https://shigerubanarchitects.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/shigeru-ban-yakushima-lodge0.jpg)
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Year:
2013
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Culture and Leisure
Year:
2013
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Culture and Leisure
Mountain hut built in the National park of Yakushima Island. The hut was rebuilt on the foundation of the previous...
Year:
2013
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Culture and Leisure
Year:
2013
Status:
Completed
Location:
Switzerland
Type:
New-built
Program:
Office and Headquarters
![](https://shigerubanarchitects.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/shigeru-ban-tamedia0.jpg)
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Year:
2013
Status:
Completed
Location:
Switzerland
Type:
New-built
Program:
Office and Headquarters
Year:
2013
Status:
Completed
Location:
Switzerland
Type:
New-built
Program:
Office and Headquarters
One of the main features of this project, is a seven story rigid frame structural system, designed entirely in timber,...
Year:
2013
Status:
Completed
Location:
Switzerland
Type:
New-built
Program:
Office and Headquarters
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Zen Wellness Seinei Receives Wood Design Award Zen Wellness Seinei received Forestry Agency Director-General’s Award for Excellence in the “Wood...
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Shigeru Ban is this year’s recipient of the Princess of Asturias Award for Concord. Started in 1986, the award recognizes...
Year:
2019
Status:
Competition
Location:
France
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Culture and Leisure
![](https://shigerubanarchitects.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/shigeru-ban-notre-dame0.jpg)
Year:
2019
Status:
Competition
Location:
France
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Culture and Leisure
Shortly after the fire at Notre-Dame de Paris occurred on 15th of April, 2019, we proposed a temporary structure in...
Year:
2019
Status:
Competition
Location:
France
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Culture and Leisure
Year:
2018
Status:
Competition
Location:
France
Type:
Extension / Renovation
Program:
Culture and Leisure
![](https://shigerubanarchitects.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/shigeru-ban-chateau-beaucastel0.jpg)
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Year:
2018
Status:
Competition
Location:
France
Type:
Extension / Renovation
Program:
Culture and Leisure
Year:
2018
Status:
Competition
Location:
France
Type:
Extension / Renovation
Program:
Culture and Leisure
The Domaine de Beaucastel produces one of the finest wines, of the Châteauneuf-du-Pape appellation. Considering this reputation, our approach consists...
Year:
2018
Status:
Competition
Location:
France
Type:
Extension / Renovation
Program:
Culture and Leisure
Year:
2017
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Museum / Gallery
![](https://shigerubanarchitects.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/shigeru-ban-mont-fuji0-433x217.jpg)
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Year:
2017
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Museum / Gallery
Year:
2017
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Museum / Gallery
The building with timber latticed facade reflected in the water is a symbolic representation of Fuji as a “mountain of...
Year:
2017
Status:
Completed
Location:
Japan
Type:
New-built
Program:
Museum / Gallery
On April 16 at 18:58 ECT Ecuador was hit by an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8. Death toll rised...
Year:
2015
Status:
Completed
Program:
Product Design
![](https://shigerubanarchitects.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/shigeru-ban-industrial-carta0-433x217.jpg)
Year:
2015
Status:
Completed
Program:
Product Design
The Carta Collection is made with plywood legs and a seating surface comprised of small paper tubes. The collection includes...
Year:
2015
Status:
Completed
Program:
Product Design
Year:
2013
Status:
Completed
Location:
United Arab Emirate
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition Design / Installation
![](https://shigerubanarchitects.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/shigeru-ban-abu-dhabi-pavilion0.jpg)
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Year:
2013
Status:
Completed
Location:
United Arab Emirate
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition Design / Installation
Year:
2013
Status:
Completed
Location:
United Arab Emirate
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition Design / Installation
This is a structure inspired by the environment as well as the culture and heritage of the UAE. This structure,...
Year:
2013
Status:
Completed
Location:
United Arab Emirate
Type:
Temporary
Program:
Exhibition Design / Installation
Year:
2013
Status:
Completed
Location:
New Zealand
Program:
Product Design
![](https://shigerubanarchitects.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/shigeru-ban-cardboard-cathedral-furniture00.jpg)
Year:
2013
Status:
Completed
Location:
New Zealand
Program:
Product Design
Beginning with the chairs, all 15 furniture items were designed including the desks, pulpit, music stands for the choir, donation...
Year:
2013
Status:
Completed
Location:
New Zealand
Program:
Product Design