Shigeru Ban is an appealing architect. His emergency shelters of cardboard and paper, devised in response to disasters such as the 1995 earthquake in Kobe, Japan, present him as someone turning his skills to public benefit rather than personal gratification.

Project Specs Centre Pompidou-Metz Metz, France Shigeru Ban Architects << Return to article the People Architect Shigeru Ban Architects Tokyo - Shigeru Ban, Nobutaka Hiraga, Mamiko Ishida, Asako Kimura, Anne Scheou / Toshi Kubota, Hiroshi Maeda (graphic designer),  Jean de Gastines Architectes, Paris                                     - Jean de Gastines Gumuchdjian Architects, London - Philip Gumuchdjian, Shinya Mori, Ralf Eikelberg Design, Site administration Shigeru Ban Architects Europe, Paris - Shigeru Ban,  Gerardo  Perez, Marc Ferrand, Jacques Marie, Fayçal Tiaïba, Elsa Neufville, Vincent Laplante, Alessandro Boldrini, Hiromi Okada, Jeong Hoon Lee, Jae Whan Shin,  Jonathan Thornhill, Rahim Danto Barry,   Jean de Gastines