https://www.architecturalrecord.com/rss/1104 en-us http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16887 Fri, 03 May 2024 10:07:27 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16887-shigeru-bans-paper-log-house-meets-glassand-brickat-historic-philip-johnson-estate Located outside of Hiroshima, the seaside project highlights the Pritzker Prize–winning Japanese architect’s novel use of existing technologies and materials.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16421 Tue, 15 Aug 2023 01:31:20 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16421-moveable-floating-galleries-bring-a-burst-of-color-to-shigeru-bans-simose-art-museum http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15877 Mon, 31 Oct 2022 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15877-snapshot-shigeru-ban-sets-a-zen-wellness-center-on-japans-awaji-island Ban’s system, used extensively following Japan’s 2011 earthquake, has now been installed in two shelters—with more planned across Eastern Europe.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15587 Thu, 24 Mar 2022 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15587-in-poland-shigeru-ban-deploys-paper-partitions-to-help-ukrainian-refugees ShigeruBan_archrecord_1778_ss_3.jpg Ukrainian refugees in a now-defunct Tesco supermarket in Chełm, Poland, where Ban's partition system has been installed. Photo by Jerzy Latka, courtesy Shigeru Ban Architects DSC_0705.jpg Ukrainian refugees in a now-defunct Tesco supermarket in Chełm, Poland, where Ban's partition system has been installed. Photo by Jerzy Latka, courtesy Shigeru Ban Architects ShigeruBan_archrecord_1170_ss_2.jpg Ukrainian refugees in a now-defunct Tesco supermarket in Chełm, Poland, where Ban's partition system has been installed. Photo by Jerzy Latka, courtesy Shigeru Ban Architects ShigeruBan_002.jpg Shigeru Ban with the volunteers who installed the partition system in Poland. Photo courtesy Voluntary Architects' Network ShigeruBan_archrecord_1170_ss_0.jpg Ban's partition system being installed in Poland. Photo by Jerzy Latka, courtesy Shigeru Ban Architects ShigeruBan_archrecord_1170_ss_1.jpg Ban's partition system being installed in Poland. Photo by Jerzy Latka, courtesy Shigeru Ban Architects ShigeruBan_archrecord_1170_ss_4.jpg Ban's partition system being installed in Poland. Photo by Jerzy Latka, courtesy Shigeru Ban Architects ShigeruBan_archrecord_1170_ss_5.jpg A now-defunct Tesco supermarket in Chełm, Poland, where Ban's partition system has been installed. Photo by Jerzy Latka, courtesy Shigeru Ban Architects Keeping its ornate facade intact, Shigeru Ban transforms a 19^th-century Manhattan commercial building into luxury residences.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15273 Mon, 23 Aug 2021 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15273-cast-iron-house-by-shigeru-ban-architects Cast-Iron-House-01-B.jpg The restored facade of Cast Iron House. Photo © Michael Moran Shigeru Ban adorns restrooms in the Swiss watchmaking campus with spruce beams and natural light.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14416 Mon, 06 Jan 2020 10:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14416-elegant-bathrooms-at-swatch-and-omega-headquarters-bring-views-and-daylighting-to-utilitarian-spaces The largest restroom, which features an abundance of natural light and exposed timber beams, is located along the south-facing wall, opposite the main facade (shown). Photo © Didier Boy de la Tour The largest restroom, which features an abundance of natural light and exposed timber beams, is located along the south-facing wall, opposite the main facade (shown). Photo © Didier Boy de la Tour The largest restroom (shown), which features an abundance of natural light and exposed timber beams, is located along the south-facing wall, opposite the main facade. Photo © Didier Boy de la Tour Image courtesy Shigeru Ban Architects goncharj@bnpmedia.com (Joann Gonchar, FAIA) A trio of buildings for a watchmaking company in Switzerland reveals new possibilities for wood.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14372 Mon, 02 Dec 2019 09:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14372-continuing-education-mass-timber-construction-swatch-headquarters-by-shigeru-ban The office building’s serpentine form slinks along the River Schüss and connects to the Omega campus, literally embracing the complex’s museum. Photo © Nicolas Grosmond The office building’s serpentine form slinks along the River Schüss and connects to the Omega campus, literally embracing the complex’s museum. Photo © Nicolas Grosmond Photo © Didier Boy de la Tour Inside the curtain wall–enclosed rectilinear volume are timber-framed work spaces for assembling watches. Photo © Didier Boy de la Tour The columns and beams are spruce with beech dowels. Photo © Shigeru Ban Architects Image courtesy Shigeru Ban Architects A bridge and an amorphous roof connect the museum to the headquarters. Photo © Didier Boy de la Tour Inside are dramatic spaces: a lobby (shown); auditorium; and exhibition areas. Photo © Didier Boy de la Tour Inside are dramatic spaces: a lobby; auditorium (shown); and exhibition areas. Photo © Didier Boy de la Tour Inside are dramatic spaces: a lobby; auditorium; and exhibition areas (shown). Photo © Didier Boy de la Tour Image courtesy Shigeru Ban Architects The bridge to the museum cuts through the office building’s lobby, which takes advantage of the full height of the vaulted roof. Photo © Didier Boy de la Tour Image courtesy Shigeru Ban Architects The open office floors step down like mezzanines through the tubelike volume. Photo © Didier Boy de la Tour Image courtesy Shigeru Ban Architects An ingenious new museum in Japan evokes one of the world's best-known mountain peaks.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13268 Fri, 02 Mar 2018 08:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13268-fujisan-world-heritage-center-by-shigeru-ban-architects The reflecting pool incorporates a red torii gate that marks the start of a processional route leading to a nearby shrine. Photo © Hiroyuki Hirai LEDs ringing the base of the cone send a spray of light upward, illuminating its outer surface from below. Photo © Hiroyuki Hirai Bridges connect the stair and elevator within the cone’s concrete core to the exhibit spaces and other functions housed in the building’s rectangular volumes. Photo © Hiroyuki Hirai Video displays line the curved walls of the main exhibition hall located inside the cone. Photo © Hiroyuki Hirai The culmination of the main exhibit sequence, the observation hall crowns the building. Sliding glass doors modeled after shoji screens open the room completely to a terrace and a spectacular view of Mount Fuji. In contrast to the cone’s dark interior, the hall is painted pure white. Photo © Hiroyuki Hirai Image courtesy Shigeru Ban Architects Image courtesy Shigeru Ban Architects Image courtesy Shigeru Ban Architects A three-sided plan optimizes a quirky site for a client’s well-crafted home and office in Tokyo.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/12760 Thu, 01 Jun 2017 08:12:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/12760-triangle-house-by-shigeru-ban-architects The house greets the street with a wall of Turkish travertine sourced and sliced in China. Photo © Hiroyuki Hirai Behind that, wood louvers shield the office from view but allow natural light into the work space. Marking the center of the triangular roof, a trio of circular skylights brings daylight to the middle of the room. Photo © Hiroyuki Hirai Tucked behind the travertine wall, the garage door is a single shutter of cedar imported from the United States. Photo © Hiroyuki Hirai In the office, large plate-glass windows open to the garden while louvers and film-coated glass protect the client’s privacy from the street. Built-in desks contribute to the room’s openness. Photo © Hiroyuki Hirai Wrapping the interior of the home’s concrete core, the stairs are made of cantilevered steel plates covered with oak veneer. Photo © Hiroyuki Hirai The office meeting room opens to a sunken terrace and the garden beyond. Photo © Hiroyuki Hirai A Ban-designed paper-tube table and chairs defines the home’s dining area on the building’s top floor. Photo © Hiroyuki Hirai Image courtesy Shigeru Ban Architects Image courtesy Shigeru Ban Architects Image courtesy Shigeru Ban Architects Image courtesy Shigeru Ban Architects Image courtesy Shigeru Ban Architects 1408-aspen-art-museum-shigeru-ban-architects.asp Sat, 16 Aug 2014 12:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7517-aspen-art-museum-by-shigeru-ban-architects Aspen Art Museum A lattice screen made from a wood-covered mixture of paper and resin wraps the street-facing elevations of the Aspen Art Museum.   Photo © Michael Moran Aspen Art Museum Shigeru Ban Architects chose its brown color to evoke the bricks found on nearby buildings in downtown Aspen. On the sidewalk in front of the building, in a parklike 'commons' area, are two wavy wooden benches.   Photo © Michael Moran Aspen Art Museum The architect used his signature paper tubes in ground-floor walls, benches, and two ceilings.   Photo © Michael Moran Aspen Art Museum The architect used his signature paper tubes in ground-floor walls, benches, and two ceilings.   Photo © Michael Moran Aspen Art Museum A grand stair is split between the interior and the exterior of the building, running along both sides of a glass curtain wall. It climbs three stories from the sidewalk up to a roof terrace.   Photo © Michael Moran Aspen Art Museum Supported by steel posts, a ceiling space frame is made from timber members designed to connect without the aid of metal joints. It covers a small caf' and part of a roof deck with striking views of the surrounding mountains.   Photo © Michael Moran Aspen Art Museum Two 42-foot sliding doors allow the caf' and the roof terrace to be combined into a large indoor-outdoor area.   Photo © Michael Moran Aspen Art Museum The museum's six white-box galleries not only lack columns, but light switches and sensors are all located in the ceilings and floors for uninterrupted art viewing. An exhibition of full-scale disaster-relief projects by Shigeru Ban runs through October 5.   Photo © Michael Moran Aspen Art Museum The exhibition David Hammons Yves Klein / Yves Klein David Hammons runs through November 30.   Photo © Michael Moran Aspen Art Museum The exhibition David Hammons Yves Klein / Yves Klein David Hammons runs through November 30.   Photo © Michael Moran Aspen Art Museum Axonometric projection.   Image courtesy Shigeru Ban Architects Aspen Art Museum Image courtesy Shigeru Ban Architects Aspen Art Museum Image courtesy Shigeru Ban Architects Aspen Art Museum Image courtesy Shigeru Ban Architects Aspen Art Museum Image courtesy Shigeru Ban Architects Aspen Art Museum Image courtesy Shigeru Ban Architects Aspen Art Museum Image courtesy Shigeru Ban Architects 1407-tamedia-headquarters-expansion-shigeru-ban-architects.asp Wed, 16 Jul 2014 12:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7988-tamedia-headquarters-expansion-by-shigeru-ban-architects Tamedia Headquarters Shigeru Ban added a timber-framed building to the Tamedia campus, located beside the River Sihl in central Zurich, and two floors to an adjacent building.   Photo © Didier Boy De La Tour Tamedia Headquarters Behind the glass skin, a multistory greenhouse-like zone includes lounges where sections of the facade can open in good weather.   Photo © Didier Boy De La Tour Tamedia Headquarters With its glass curtain wall cladding and massing, which continues that of Tamedia's existing buildings, the new structure fits discreetly into the streetscape.   Photo © Didier Boy De La Tour Tamedia Headquarters Columns are continuous elements more than 65 feet tall, so the structure was erected one full bay at a time.   Photo © Didier Boy De La Tour Tamedia Headquarters The laminated-spruce structure was assembled without metal fasteners, using an oval 'grip' joint reinforced with beech plywood.   Photo © Didier Boy De La Tour Tamedia Headquarters The thermal buffer between offices and the facade includes stairs and motorized operable windows.   Photo © Didier Boy De La Tour Tamedia Headquarters Interiors combine glass partitions, sisal carpeting, and untreated wood.   Photo © Didier Boy De La Tour Tamedia Headquarters The lobby features terrazzo floors inlaid with river stones, and Ban's cardboard tube furniture.   Photo © Didier Boy De La Tour Tamedia Headquarters The top floor of Ban's addition to the building next door has a vaulted ceiling.   Photo © Nelly Rodriguez Tamedia Headquarters Expansion Image courtesy Shigeru Ban Architects Tamedia Headquarters Expansion Image courtesy Shigeru Ban Architects Tamedia Headquarters Expansion Image courtesy Shigeru Ban Architects Tamedia Headquarters Expansion Image courtesy Shigeru Ban Architects 130920-quick-take-shigeru-bans-cardboard-cathedral.asp Fri, 20 Sep 2013 12:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/2977-quick-take-shigeru-ban-s-cardboard-cathedral Quick Take: Shigeru Ban's Cardboard Cathedral Quick Take: Shigeru Ban's Cardboard CathedralPhoto © Bridgit Anderson Quick Take: Shigeru Ban's Cardboard Cathedral Quick Take: Shigeru Ban's Cardboard CathedralPhoto © Bridgit Anderson Quick Take: Shigeru Ban's Cardboard Cathedral Quick Take: Shigeru Ban's Cardboard CathedralPhoto © Bridgit Anderson Quick Take: Shigeru Ban's Cardboard Cathedral Quick Take: Shigeru Ban's Cardboard CathedralPhoto © Bridgit Anderson Quick Take: Shigeru Ban's Cardboard Cathedral Quick Take: Shigeru Ban's Cardboard CathedralPhoto © Bridgit Anderson Quick Take: Shigeru Ban's Cardboard Cathedral Quick Take: Shigeru Ban's Cardboard CathedralPhoto © Bridgit Anderson Quick Take: Shigeru Ban's Cardboard Cathedral Quick Take: Shigeru Ban's Cardboard CathedralPhoto © Bridgit Anderson metal-shutter-houses.asp Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7309-metal-shutter-houses The perforated shutters and glass bifold doors provide two protective yet transparent layers of privacy when lowered. Raised, they open the individual 'houses' to the city and vice versa. Metal Shutter HousesShigeru BanNew York CityThe perforated shutters and glass bifold doors provide two protective yet transparent layers of privacy when lowered. Raised, they open the individual 'houses' to the city and vice versa.Photo © Michael Moran The perforated shutters and glass bifold doors provide two protective yet transparent layers of privacy when lowered. Raised, they open the individual 'houses' to the city and vice versa. Metal Shutter HousesShigeru BanNew York CityThe perforated shutters and glass bifold doors provide two protective yet transparent layers of privacy when lowered. Raised, they open the individual 'houses' to the city and vice versa.Photo © Michael Moran A view of Ban's Metal Shutter Houses' shutterless south side reveals Frank Gehry's IAC building (left) and apartments by Jean Nouvel (rear) and Annabelle Selldorf (right). Metal Shutter HousesShigeru BanNew York CityA view of Ban's Metal Shutter Houses' shutterless south side reveals Frank Gehry's IAC building (left) and apartments by Jean Nouvel (rear) and Annabelle Selldorf (right).Photo © Michael Moran Appearing like a traditional curtain wall, the expansive thermal bifold doors open fully, blurring the line between indoors and out. Metal Shutter HousesShigeru BanNew York CityAppearing like a traditional curtain wall, the expansive thermal bifold doors open fully, blurring the line between indoors and out.Photo © Michael Moran Appearing like a traditional curtain wall, the expansive thermal bifold doors open fully, blurring the line between indoors and out. Metal Shutter HousesShigeru BanNew York CityAppearing like a traditional curtain wall, the expansive thermal bifold doors open fully, blurring the line between indoors and out.Photo © Michael Moran The living rooms seem to spill onto the verandas, whether the doors are open or shut. Metal Shutter HousesShigeru BanNew York CityThe living rooms seem to spill onto the verandas, whether the doors are open or shut.Photo © Michael Moran The living rooms seem to spill onto the verandas, whether the doors are open or shut. Metal Shutter HousesShigeru BanNew York CityThe living rooms seem to spill onto the verandas, whether the doors are open or shut.Photo © Michael Moran Metal Shutter Houses Metal Shutter HousesShigeru BanNew York CityImage courtesy Shigeru Ban 1007pompidou-metz-1.asp Mon, 19 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/8245-centre-pompidou-metz-by-shigeru-ban Like an expertly crafted Swiss watch, the Nicolas G. Hayek Center is an assemblage of movable pieces that work together with machinelike precision.

]]> 0805nicolas-1.asp Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/8089-nicolas-g-hayek-center