Tag Shigeru Ban

16-09-2016

In discovery of the work of Pritzker Prize winning architect Shigeru Ban

Seventh Japanese architect awarded the Pritzker Prize in 2014 An unusual but important itinerary to discover a different side of architecture. Shigeru Ban, winner of the 2014 Pritzker Prize for architecture, is known as the architect who works with cardboard, bamboo, cloth, recycled plastic and paper by-products and locally available materials. Shigeru Ban’s architecture is lightweight, and can be taken apart and taken elsewhere, primarily to house refugees, providing relief to innocent victims of civil wars and natural disasters. Innovation and empathy: architecture which is designed not to make a profit but to respond to humanitarian causes. In the words of Renzo Piano, who became the second Italian architect to receive a Pritzker Prize for architecture in 1998, “architecture is a service, an art that makes things we need”

18-03-2015

Posthumous Pritzker Architecture Prize awarded to Frei Otto

The late German architect Frei Otto has been awarded the 2015 Pritzker Architecture Prize.

09-04-2014

Shigeru Ban: villa in Sengokubara, Hakone (Japan)

Shigeru Ban designed the villa in Sengokubara in the style of Japanese contemporary architecture. The home is made entirely out of wood, a material the architect is particularly fond of, and its form takes advantage of the site’s flagpole shape. The home is closed off from its surroundings, with the rooms arranged in a radial manner around the interior courtyard.

08-04-2014

Shigeru Ban wins the 2014 Pritzker Prize

On March 24th Tom Pritzker, the head of the Hyatt Foundation, which presents the Pritzker Prize, considered the Nobel prize of architecture, announced that Shigeru Ban is the 2014 winner.

25-03-2014

Where architects live exhibition - Salone del Mobile in Milan

An event featuring well-known international architects at the Salone del Mobile in Milan: Shigeru Ban, Mario Bellini, David Chipperfield, Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas, Zaha Hadid, Marcio Kogan, Daniel Libeskind and Bijoy Jain/Studio Mumbai.

21-01-2014

Domaine de Boisbuchet, France. Where the culture of objects is right at home.

Alexander von Vegesack, co-founder and director of Vitra Design Museum founded Domaine de Boisbuchet, a renowned non-profit centre for research and educational workshops in the field of design and architecture.

08-01-2014

Shigeru Ban’s Tamedia offices: architecture that’s all about details in Zurich

Known for his focus on sustainability and the architectural potential of humble but long-lasting materials, Shigeru Ban built an office building for the Tamedia Group overlooking Sihl canal in Zurich. The Japanese architect has designed a building with an exposed frame, a double skin of glass and a joint connecting the column and the beam.

11-09-2013

Emergency architecture Shigeru Ban and his Christchurch Cathedral.

A transitional cathedral to replace the original cathedral in Christchurch, badly damaged in the earthquake that struck New Zealand in 2011: Shigeru Ban has designed a structure that is almost all made from cardboard to give parishioniers a safe place to worship.