SHIGERU BAN - Softcover

EMILIO AMBASZ

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1856693015 ISBN 13: 9781856693011

Publisher: LAURENCE KING, 1999

Synopsis

Shigeru Ban may be best known for his evocative Curtain Wall House in Tokyo—a highlight of the Museum of Modern Art's 1999 Un-Private House exhibit—but few know the range of this Japanese architect's work. In this first English-language monograph on Ban, 30 built projects reveal his inventiveness and humanitarianism. Ban's primary objectives in his work are the use of low cost materials and the dissolution of the boundaries between interior and exterior spaces. His paper tube designs, which he first created as emergency housing for victims of Rwanda's civil war, were later reconfigured for earthquake victims in Kobe and are currently incorporated in Ban's Japanese Pavilion at Hannover Expo 2000. Influenced by the Japanese tradition of linking the home with the surrounding environment, Ban has created buildings such as Hanegi Forest and Walls—less House that invite nature to coexist with design.

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About the Author

Philip Jodidio (born 1954) studied art history and economics at Harvard, and edited Connaissance des Arts for over 20 years. His books include TASCHEN’s Architecture Now! series, and monographs on Tadao Ando, Norman Foster, Richard Meier, Jean Nouvel, and Zaha Hadid. He is internationally renowned as one of the most popular writers on the subject of architecture.

Review

Mr. Ban is a brilliant designer of private houses, apartment houses, public buildings, and museum exhibitions. In these, he has displayed a striking talent for innovative form, structure, and spatial organization. Herbert Muschamp, New York Times

About this edition

• Publisher: LAURENCE KING
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1856693015
• ISBN 13: 9781856693011
• Binding: Paperback