Shigeru Ban Architects

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Located outside of Hiroshima, the seaside project highlights the Pritzker Prize–winning Japanese architect’s novel use of existing technologies and materials.

Ban’s system, used extensively following Japan’s 2011 earthquake, has now been installed in two shelters—with more planned across Eastern Europe.

Keeping its ornate facade intact, Shigeru Ban transforms a 19^th-century Manhattan commercial building into luxury residences.

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

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

An ingenious new museum in Japan evokes one of the world's best-known mountain peaks.

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