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Shigeru Ban

Born: 1957

Practice: Shigeru Ban Architects

Awards: Auguste Perret Prize (2011), Prtizker Prize (2014), Princess of Asturias Award (2022)

Projects: Aspen Art Museum, Cardboard Cathedral, Centre Pompidou-Mez, Mount Fuji World Heritage Centre

Curtain House, Tokyo, Japan (1995)

Curtain Wall House by Shigeru Ban © Forgemind ArchiMedia CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Takatori Catholic Church, Nagata-ku, Kobe, Japan (2007)

Takatori Catholic Church by Shigeru Ban © Bujdosó Attila CC BY-SA 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons

Centre Pompidou Metz, Metz, France (2010)

Centre Pompidou Metz by Shigeru Ban © FrDr CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

The Cardboard Cathedral, Christchurch, New Zealand (2012-2013)

The Cardboard Cathedral by Shigeru Ban © Jocelyn Kinghorn CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Zuerich Werd Tamedia, Zurich, Switzerland (2013)

Zuerich Werd Tamedia by Shigeru Ban © Bobo11 CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, Colorado (2012-2014)

Aspen Art Museum, Aspen by Shigeru Ban © Bkthomson16 CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

la Seine Musicale, Boulogne-Billancourt, France, with with Jean de Gastines (2014-2016)

Mt. Fuji World Heritage Centre, Shizuoka, Japan (2017)

Mt. Fuji World Heritage Centre by Shigeru Ban © Supanut Arunoprayote CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Swatch Global Headquarters (Hauptsitz der Swatch), Biel/Bienne, Switzerland (2019)

Hauptsitz der Swatch by Shigeru Ban © Schiplagerheide CC BY-SA 1.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Contemporary Culture Pavilion Garage, Moscow, Russia (2012, temporary)

Contemporary Culture Pavilion Garage by Shigeru Ban © Ilya Ivanov CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons