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Shigeru Ban
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Shigeru Ban, 2011
Personal information
Name Shigeru Ban
Nationality Japanese
Birth date 5 August 1957 (1957-08-05) (age 63)
Birth place Tokyo, Japan
Alma mater Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
Work
Buildings Centre Pompidou-Metz, France
Cardboard Cathedral, Christchurch, New Zealand, Aspen Art Museum, USA
Awards Pritzker Prize (2014)

Shigeru Ban (坂 茂 Ban Shigeru, born 5 August 1957) is a Japanese architect. He was born in Tokyo.

In 2014, Ban won the Pritzker Prize.

Images for kids

  • Takatori Catholic Church

    Takatori Catholic Church is a temporary church building erected in Kobe after the Great Hanshin earthquake in 1995. It was donated (deconstructed and moved) to Taiwan in 2005.

  • La pavillon du Japon (Expo. universelle de Hanovre 2000) (4936016394)

    Japanese pavilion at the Expo 2000, Hannover (2000)

  • NomadicMuseumSantaMonica

    Ban designed the Nomadic Museum with engineer Buro Happold, a temporary structure composed of 156 shipping containers (2006)

  • Cardboard, wood and glass

    Construction details of the Cardboard Cathedral; cardboard, wood and glass

  • Aspen Art Museum by Shigeru Ban

    Aspen Art Museum at dusk.

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