Residential

Year: 2005
Status: Unbuilt
Location: Australia
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
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Year: 2005
Status: Unbuilt
Location: Australia
Type: New-built
Program: Residential

Brisbane Condominium

Year: 2005
Status: Unbuilt
Location: Australia
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
This 18 storey condominium tower is composed of two rows of reinforced concrete structure of alternating double-height concrete cells, creating...
Year: 2005
Status: Unbuilt
Location: Australia
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Year: 2005
Status: Unbuilt
Location: United States
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
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Year: 2005
Status: Unbuilt
Location: United States
Type: New-built
Program: Residential

Boomerang House

Year: 2005
Status: Unbuilt
Location: United States
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
The roof of this boomerang house swoops through the scattered trees, floating in the landscape like an airplane wing in...
Year: 2005
Status: Unbuilt
Location: United States
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Year: 2004
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Plywood Structure
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Year: 2004
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Plywood Structure

Hanegi Forest Annex

Year: 2004
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Plywood Structure
In order to guarantee sufficient parking space at the ground level, the one story high steel frame structure of the...
Year: 2004
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Plywood Structure
Year: 2003
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Glass Shutter Façade
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Year: 2003
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Glass Shutter Façade

Shutter House for a photographer

Year: 2003
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Glass Shutter Façade
Belonging to a series of houses with stacking shutters, the Shutter House for a Photographer is organized on a checkered...
Year: 2003
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Glass Shutter Façade
Year: 2003
Status: Competition
Location: France
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
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Year: 2003
Status: Competition
Location: France
Type: New-built
Program: Residential

86 Rue St Antoine

Year: 2003
Status: Competition
Location: France
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Within the historical “Marais” district of Paris, this apartment building sits on a narrow site flanking an existing fire wall....
Year: 2003
Status: Competition
Location: France
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Year: 2003
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Glass Shutter Façade
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Year: 2003
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Glass Shutter Façade

Glass Shutter House

Year: 2003
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Glass Shutter Façade
The rectangular volume of the Glass Shutter House matches the heights of the neighboring buildings yet occupies only half of...
Year: 2003
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Glass Shutter Façade
Year: 2002
Status: Unbuilt
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Plywood Structure
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Year: 2002
Status: Unbuilt
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Plywood Structure

Wickerwork House

Year: 2002
Status: Unbuilt
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Plywood Structure
This weekend house is composed of a glass box surmounted by a large woven plywood dome. Four structural plywood boards...
Year: 2002
Status: Unbuilt
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Plywood Structure
Year: 2002
Status: Unbuilt
Location: United States
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
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Year: 2002
Status: Unbuilt
Location: United States
Type: New-built
Program: Residential

Schwartz Residence

Year: 2002
Status: Unbuilt
Location: United States
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Inspired by the location’s unique topography, the abundance of trees and rocks on the site, and the surrounding New England...
Year: 2002
Status: Unbuilt
Location: United States
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Year: 2002
Status: Completed
Location: China
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Case Study House
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Year: 2002
Status: Completed
Location: China
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Case Study House

Bamboo Furniture House

Year: 2002
Status: Completed
Location: China
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Case Study House
Situated on a mountain overlooking the Great Wall of China, the fourth Furniture House is modeled after a traditional Chinese...
Year: 2002
Status: Completed
Location: China
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Case Study House
Year: 2002
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Picture Window House
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Year: 2002
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Picture Window House

Picture Window House

Year: 2002
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Picture Window House
The main intention for the design of the Picture Window House was to frame the panoramic view while maintaining the...
Year: 2002
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Picture Window House
Year: 2001
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Case Study House
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Year: 2001
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Case Study House

Veneer Grid Roof House

Year: 2001
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Case Study House
The roof of the Veneer Grid Roof House is made of a triangular veneer grid similar to the triangular paper...
Year: 2001
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Case Study House
Year: 2000
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Case Study House
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Year: 2000
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Case Study House

Naked House

Year: 2000
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Case Study House
Four freely movable room-boxes on casters in one unique two-storey high room allow three generations of one family to flexibly...
Year: 2000
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Case Study House
Year: 2000
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
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Year: 2000
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential

Ivy Structure 2

Year: 2000
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
The three-storied glass cube is connected at three corners to a full height ivy screen, which functions as the primary...
Year: 2000
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Year: 2000
Status: Completed
Location: Turkey
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
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Year: 2000
Status: Completed
Location: Turkey
Type: New-built
Program: Residential

Paper Log House – Turkey

Year: 2000
Status: Completed
Location: Turkey
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Constructed in coordination with a local volunteer organization, the Paper Log Houses aimed to alleviate the homelessness following the earthquake...
Year: 2000
Status: Completed
Location: Turkey
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Year: 1999
Status: Completed
Location: Rwanda
Type: Temporary
Program: Residential
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Year: 1999
Status: Completed
Location: Rwanda
Type: Temporary
Program: Residential

Paper Emergency Shelters for UNHCR

Year: 1999
Status: Completed
Location: Rwanda
Type: Temporary
Program: Residential
In 1995, Shigeru Ban became involved in the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) efforts to provide temporary housing...
Year: 1999
Status: Completed
Location: Rwanda
Type: Temporary
Program: Residential
Year: 1998
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Furniture House
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Year: 1998
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Furniture House

Furniture House 3

Year: 1998
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Furniture House
The Furniture House 3 is a further development of the furniture unit system. The second story of the house arranges...
Year: 1998
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Furniture House
Year: 1998
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
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Year: 1998
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential

Ivy Structure 1

Year: 1998
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
A narrow site is divided lengthwise into building and courtyard to create the Ivy Structure house. The construction method makes...
Year: 1998
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Year: 1997
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Case Study House
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Year: 1997
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Case Study House

Nine Square Grid House

Year: 1997
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Case Study House
Another development of the furniture house, the Nine-Square Grid House replaced the wood frames of the furniture units with steel....
Year: 1997
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Case Study House
Year: 1997
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
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Year: 1997
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential

Hanegi Forest

Year: 1997
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Inherently a three-story row-house complex, the Hanegi Forest succeeded in preserving every existing tree on the site. To ensure that...
Year: 1997
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Year: 1997
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Case Study House
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Year: 1997
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Case Study House

Wall-less House

Year: 1997
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Case Study House
The Wall-less House sits on a mountain slope with the floor sloping upward to meet the roof, naturally absorbing the...
Year: 1997
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Case Study House
Year: 1996
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Furniture House
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Year: 1996
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Furniture House

Furniture House 2

Year: 1996
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Furniture House
Furniture House 2 is the prototype of a two-story house employing furniture units as structural system. The furniture system used...
Year: 1996
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Furniture House
Year: 1995
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
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Year: 1995
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential

Paper Log House – Kobe

Year: 1995
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
The design criteria for the temporary housing for the Kobe Earthquake victims called for an inexpensive structure that could be...
Year: 1995
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Year: 1995
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Case Study House
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Year: 1995
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Case Study House

2/5 House

Year: 1995
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Case Study House
The rectangular plan of the house is divided into five parallel, 5×15-metre rectangular zones: front yard, interior space, central courtyard,...
Year: 1995
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Case Study House
Year: 1995
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Case Study House
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Year: 1995
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Case Study House

Curtain Wall House

Year: 1995
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Case Study House
Because the client was used to living “downtown”, a house was created to reflect this traditional open lifestyle with contemporary...
Year: 1995
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Case Study House
Year: 1995
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Case Study House
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Year: 1995
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Case Study House

Paper House

Year: 1995
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Case Study House
The first permanent paper tube structure, the Paper House is organized on a 10 x 10 meter plan with 110...
Year: 1995
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Case Study House
Year: 1995
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Case Study House
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Year: 1995
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Case Study House

Furniture House 1

Year: 1995
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Case Study House
The concept for the Furniture House to use prefabricated furniture as structural and space defining elements originates from the Library...
Year: 1995
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Case Study House
Year: 1994
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
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Year: 1994
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential

House for a Dentist

Year: 1994
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
The rectangular plan of the House for a Dentist is divided lengthwise into a southern outdoor space and a northern...
Year: 1994
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Year: 1993
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Case Study House
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Year: 1993
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Case Study House

House of Double-Roof

Year: 1993
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Case Study House
Built in a region with heavy snowfall, the second Case Study House sought to separate roof and ceiling. In order...
Year: 1993
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Case Study House
Year: 1992
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
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Year: 1992
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential

Complex by the Railroad

Year: 1992
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Containing shops, offices, and housing, this complex sits on an irregular, pentagonal site flanked by a railroad line and a...
Year: 1992
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Year: 1992
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
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Year: 1992
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential

Housing at Shakuji Park

Year: 1992
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
To create a sense of openness in the Housing at Shakujii Park, the axial shear wall was eliminated by arranging...
Year: 1992
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Year: 1992
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Case Study House
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Year: 1992
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Case Study House

PC Pile House

Year: 1992
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Case Study House
Although the sloping site is as steep as 45 degrees in some locations, extra budget could not be alotted for...
Year: 1992
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Case Study House
Year: 1991
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
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Year: 1991
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential

Villa Kuru

Year: 1991
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
With intentions of framing the extraordinary mountain landscape, a rough stone wall was placed parallel to the street to contrast...
Year: 1991
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Year: 1991
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Case Study House
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Year: 1991
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Case Study House

I House

Year: 1991
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Case Study House
Anticipating future housing development in the area, the house’s square plan was rotated 45 degrees to expand views and garden...
Year: 1991
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Feature: Case Study House
Year: 1991
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
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Year: 1991
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential

Studio for vocalists

Year: 1991
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Built in a dense residential area of Tokyo, noise and privacy were considered central design issues for the Studio for...
Year: 1991
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Year: 1991
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
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Year: 1991
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential

Library of a poet

Year: 1991
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
The paper tube truss of the East Gate of the Odawara Festival was again employed in the Library of a...
Year: 1991
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Year: 1989
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
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Year: 1989
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential

M residence

Year: 1989
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
The M Residence fostered a further transformation of the “Three Walls” concept. An “L” shaped wall forms the interior, and...
Year: 1989
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Year: 1987
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
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Year: 1987
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential

Villa K

Year: 1987
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Like Villa TCG, Villa K is comprised of three walls. The curved wall stands firmly against the rolling mountains it...
Year: 1987
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
Year: 1986
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
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Year: 1986
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential

Villa TCG

Year: 1986
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential
The “Three Walls” concept, which evolves in later works, defines the space within Villa TCG. A stone wall, referencing a...
Year: 1986
Status: Completed
Location: Japan
Type: New-built
Program: Residential