Shigeru Ban designs pair of transparent public toilets in Tokyo
Pritzker Prize-winning architect Shigeru Ban has designed two public toilets for the Tokyo Toilet project with transparent glass walls that become opaque when they are occupied. More
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Photos reveal Shigeru Ban's Tainan Art Museum building in Taiwan
An overhanging canopy shades the cascading exhibition spaces and outdoor terraces that make up Shigeru Ban's gallery at the Tainan Art Museum. More
Shigeru Ban covers Swatch headquarters in vaulting timber shell
A double-curved timber shell constructed from 7,700 timber pieces forms the Swatch Headquarters by Shigeru Ban in Biel, Switzerland. More
Shigeru Ban designs boutique hotel that winds through woodland in Japan
A "seamless flow" of spaces including a library, 250-tree garden and a shared social space form the heart of the Shigeru Ban-designed Shishi-Iwa House boutique hotel in Japan. More
Shigeru Ban proposes trio of pyramids for Kentucky Owl whiskey distillery
Japanese architect Shigeru Ban is overhauling a quarry in Kentucky into a campus built from mass timber, for a local whiskey distillery. More
Shigeru Ban builds temporary shelters from paper for Japan flooding victims
Pritzker Prize-winner Shigeru Ban has joined the disaster relief effort in Okayama Prefecture, Japan, personally setting up his Paper Partition System for evacuees. More
Shigeru Ban to build "pagoda in the park" as his first UK building
Japanese architect Shigeru Ban has teamed up with cross-laminated-timber expert Waugh Thistleton to design his first UK building – a five-storey house that will be built beside London's River Thames. More
Shigeru Ban unveils interiors for "world's tallest" hybrid timber tower in Vancouver
These new images offer a glimpse inside Japanese architect Shigeru Ban's Terrace House for Vancouver, set to become the tallest hybrid timber structure in the world once complete. More
Shigeru Ban's La Seine Musicale incorporates a wall of moving solar panels
Pritzker Prize-winning architect Shigeru Ban has completed a music complex near Paris, featuring an egg-shaped auditorium and a wall of solar panels that move to follow the path of the sun. More
First apartment unveiled inside Shigeru Ban's revamped Cast Iron House
New photos have been released showing one of the homes inside Cast Iron House – the 135-year-old New York building that is being overhauled by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban. More
Shigeru Ban reveals new details of "world's tallest hybrid timber structure" for Vancouver
New images have been released of Shigeru Ban's Terrace House, a 19-storey residential tower for Vancouver that will boast a pioneering hybrid structure of wood, concrete and steel. More
Sou Fujimoto, Kengo Kuma and more propose future houses in House Vision exhibition
Japanese architects including Sou Fujimoto, Atelier Bow-Wow, Kengo Kuma and Shigeru Ban have all designed houses of the future for a Tokyo exhibition (+ movie). More
Shigeru Ban unveils "tallest hybrid timber structure in the world" for Vancouver
Japanese architect Shigeru Ban has been commissioned to design a residential tower for Vancouver that its developers claim will be the tallest hybrid timber structure in the world. More
Shigeru Ban joins disaster relief effort following Ecuador earthquake
Shigeru Ban has travelled to Ecuador to help with disaster relief, following a major earthquake that has caused the death of over 650 people. More
Shigeru Ban creates Scale pen for architectural drawing
Japanese architect Shigeru Ban has designed a retractable and refillable pen for Acme Studio that doubles as an architect's scale ruler. More
Shigeru Ban designs modular shelters for Nepal earthquake victims
Shigeru Ban has unveiled his designs for modular housing structures to accommodate those made homeless by the two devastating earthquakes that struck Nepal earlier this year. More
Shigeru Ban's timber-framed office building in Switzerland shown in new movie
This new movie produced by film studio Spirit of Space tours the interior of the Tamedia Office Building in Zurich – the first Swiss project completed by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban. More
Shigeru Ban's Venice biennale installation is made from thousands of makeup cases
Japanese architect Shigeru Ban has designed a temporary addition to a 17th-century Venetian palazzo, featuring a curved structure covered with 90,000 empty containers usually used to hold eyeshadow. More
Shigeru Ban wins contest to design Tainan Museum of Fine Arts
News: Japanese architect Shigeru Ban has won a competition to create a museum of fine art and culture in Taiwan's oldest city. More
Shigeru Ban's Aspen Art Museum opens
News: this year's Pritzker Prize winner Shigeru Ban has completed work on a new art gallery in American ski resort Aspen (+ slideshow). More