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Design as Problem Solver
Shigeru Ban is both an architect and an activist. The Pritzker Prize laureate develops concepts for emergency shelters and prefers using renewable ma...
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House Made of Paper
One of the first questions asked when considering building a house of paper is whether it would collapse into an unsightly mound of pulp after the fir...
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Features: Shigeru Ban: On Responsibility
Shigeru Ban was awarded the Pritzker Prize in 2014 for his tireless efforts in the design of temporary shelters in disaster areas around the globe. Hi...
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Technology: Seven Storey Wood Office Building in Zurich
In the centre of Zurich, not far from the main railway station, a spectacular office building has recently begun to demonstrate the potential of wood ...
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Centre Pompidou-Metz
Like the parent building in Paris, the new Centre Pompidou in Metz was conceived as an innovative location for the arts. In addition to volumes for ex...
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Technology: File-to-Factory Production and Expertise
This article will present two roof-structure case studies to delineate the challenges presented by digital workflow as well as the problems yet to be ...
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