Master of Innovation Every building ever realized by the renownedJapanese masterShigeru Ban (born Tokyo, 1957) attended SCI-Arc in California and earnedhis degree at the Cooper Union School of Architecture in New York. Based inTokyo and Paris, Ban consistently challenges accepted notions ofarchitecture, designing a house without walls, or an exhibition space
madefrom paper tubes and shipping containers. This monograph, compiled with thearchitect's collaboration, traces his career and features every built workof Shigeru Ban, showing clearly why he is one of the world's mostinnovative and significant architects. Unlike many of his peers, Ban cancreate remarkable residences and still find time to design emergency reliefhousing for disaster areas from Kobe to New Orleans. Often using paper orcardboard tubes as a structural element, his designs give new meaning tothe term "Paper Architect."