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Home » Topics » Architects » Shigeru Ban Architects

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ARTICLES

Cite du Temps Restrooms

Elegant Bathrooms at Swatch and Omega Headquarters Bring Views and Daylighting to Utilitarian Spaces

Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
Kara mavros
Kara Mavros
January 6, 2020
One Comment

Shigeru Ban adorns restrooms in the Swiss watchmaking campus with spruce beams and natural light.


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Continuing Education: Mass Timber

Continuing Education: Mass Timber Construction Swatch Headquarters by Shigeru Ban

Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
Joann gonchar1
Joann Gonchar, FAIA
December 2, 2019
No Comments

A trio of buildings for a watchmaking company in Switzerland reveals new possibilities for wood.


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Fujisan World Heritage Center

Fujisan World Heritage Center by Shigeru Ban Architects

Fujinomiya, Japan
Naomi R. Pollock, FAIA
March 2, 2018
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An ingenious new museum in Japan evokes one of the world's best-known mountain peaks.


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Triangle House

Triangle House by Shigeru Ban Architects

Tokyo
Naomi R. Pollock, FAIA
June 1, 2017
One Comment

A three-sided plan optimizes a quirky site for a client’s well-crafted home and office in Tokyo.


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Aspen Art Museum

Aspen Art Museum by Shigeru Ban Architects

Aspen, Colorado
David Hill
August 16, 2014
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Shigeru Ban's first U.S. building since winning the Pritzker adds a landmark to a city's downtown while looking out to its Rocky Mountain setting.
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Tamedia Headquarters Expansion by Shigeru Ban Architects

Zurich
David Cohn
July 16, 2014
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A finely crafted timber office building for a Swiss media company makes a strong statement from within.
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Quick Take: Shigeru Ban's Cardboard Cathedral

Naomi R. Pollock, FAIA
September 20, 2013
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On September 1, 2013, the Cardboard Cathedral in Christchurch, New Zealand, had its Civic Opening. Measuring 8,611-square-feet, it is the latest and the largest paper tube structure designed by the Japanese architect and the world’s go-to guy for emergency buildings, Shigeru Ban. Located within the city’s decimated central business district, Ban’s building is a temporary replacement for Christchurch’s Anglican cathedral, a Gothic style structure built in the 19th century but damaged beyond repair by the 6.3 magnitude earthquake that shook the city in February 2011. Inspired by the original building, the Cardboard Cathedral is trapezoidal in plan and triangular in
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Metal Shutter Houses

A shut-and-open case: Shigeru Ban transports his unique Japanese sensibility to a Chelsea condominium with High Line views.
Naomi R. Pollock, FAIA
September 16, 2011
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Shigeru Ban transports his unique Japanese sensibility to a Chelsea condominium with High Line views.
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Centre Pompidou-Metz

Centre Pompidou-Metz by Shigeru Ban

Metz, France
Rowan Moore
July 19, 2010
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With a swoopy roof supported by a novel timber structure, the world-famous Centre Pompidou’s home for its first satellite challenges convention. Will it succeed?
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Nicolas G. Hayek Center

Shigeru Ban sets showrooms and facades in motion at the Swatch Group’s Nicolas G. Hayek Center in Tokyo.
Naomi R. Pollock, FAIA
May 19, 2008
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Like an expertly crafted Swiss watch, the Nicolas G. Hayek Center is an assemblage of movable pieces that work together with machinelike precision.


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March 4, 2021

The Future of Wood Design Innovation in the US

Credits: 1 AIA LU/HSW; 1 AIBD P-CE; 0.1 IACET CEU
May qualify for learning hours through most Canadian architectural associations

Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) buildings captured imaginations and launched a sustainable construction revolution in North America. What is on the horizon for mass timber construction? This presentation focuses on the issues and innovations that will shape the next decade of mass timber design in the US. 

March 24, 2021

Patient Spaces and Privacy

Credits: 1 AIA LU/HSW; 1 AIBD P-CE; 0.1 IACET CEU
May qualify for learning hours through most Canadian architectural associations

Is the tipping point finally here on ditching cubicle curtains? For at least the past decade, healthcare designers and facility managers have been predicting the demise of privacy curtains in hospital and clinical spaces. Many point to the rise of single-patient rooms which afford their own privacy. 

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