Shigeru Ban paper in architecture

Author

• Miyake, Riichi

Additional Author(s)

• Luna, Ian
• Gould, Lauren A.

Publisher

New York: Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., 2009

Language

English

ISBN

9780847832118

Series

Subject(s)

• ARCHITECTURE--JAPAN
• BAN, SHIGERU
• BUILDING PAPERS-ARCHITECTURE

Notes

. . Index: p. 230-231

Abstract

The first monograph devoted solely on Shigeru Ban's use of paper as a structural element in both permanent and temporary architecture.

Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

232 p.

Dimension

31 cm.

Other Desc.

ill.

Summary / Review / Table of Content

Essays / Riichi Miyake : The birth of paper tube architecture ; The volunteer architects' network ; The monumental phase –
Paper tube structures : Paper arbor ; Odawara Pavilion & East Gate ; Library of a poet ; MDS Gallery ; Paper house ; Paper church, Kobe ; Paper stage ; Paper dome ; Nemunoki Children's museum ; Japan Pavilion, Hannover Exposition 2000 ; Canal Museum & Boathouse ; MoMA Paper ARch ; Paper studio ; Nomadic paper dome ; Paper temporary studio ; Paper pavilion, Singapore Biennale ; Carta collection ; Vasarely Pavilion ; Paper tube & plywood stool –
Disaster relief structures : Paper emergency shelter for UNHCR ; Paper log house ; Paper house for Niigata earthquake refugees ; Post-tsunami reconstruction project in Kirinda ; Paper partition system ; Chengdu Hualin Elementary School –
Exhibition programs : Nova Oshima temporary showroom ; Temporary Guggenheim Tokyo ; Bamboo roof ; Plastic bottle structure ; Papertainer Museum ; Nomadic Museum ; Maison du Projet ; Pavilion De L'Île Seguin ; Papillon Pavilion for Icônes Exposition ; Versailles off temporary stage ; Artek Pavilion ; Emilio Ambasz Exhibition ; Alvar Aalto Exhibition ; Issey Miyake Paris Collection, Fall 1998-1999.

Exemplar(s)

#	Accession No.	Call Number	Location	Status
1.	00320/17	721.0449947 Miy S	Library - 7th Floor	Available
2.	00018/17	721.0449947 Miy S	Library - 7th Floor	Available