SHIGERU BAN

From paper emergency shelters and exhibition spaces in shipping containers to a cardboard cathedral, Japanese architect Shigeru Ban, winner of the 2014 Pritzker Prize, is celebrated for his tireless ingenuity in using materials and confronting specific situations, as well as for his humanitarian work in places that have suffered natural or man-made disasters. According to specialist Riichi Miyake, his work is "the architectural equivalent of Doctors Without Borders." As if it were three-dimensional poetry, Ban integrates materials int...[Read more]