Shigeru Ban:Complete Works 1985-2015 Hardcover

Philip Jodidio

From a house without walls to exhibition spaces in shipping containers, Shigeru Ban has constantly challenged architectural rule and expectation. In the age of the "starchitect," he has also demonstrated a commitment to humanitarian practice: Over the course of his esteemed career, his inventive, elegant designs have been applied as much to private commissions as to emergency relief work at the sites of natural and man-made disasters around the world, from Kobe to New Orleans. For the Pritzker Prize jury, which chose Ban as its 2014 winner, the architect manifests "total curiosity and commitment; endless innovation; an infallible eye; an acute sensibility." This updated monograph, compiled with the architect's collaboration, brings together every one of Ban's built works, including such recent projects as the Tamedia headquarters in Zurich, the Aspen Art Museum, and the Cardboard Cathedral in Christchurch.

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English

Taschen GmbH

1 October 2015

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Philip Jodidio (born 1954-) studied art history and economics at Harvard, and edited Connaz'ssance des Arts for over 20 years. His books include TASCHEN's Architecture Now! series, and monographs on Tadao Ando, Norman Foster, Renzo Piano, Jean Nouvel, and Zaha Hadid. He is internationally renowned as one of the most popular writers on the subject of architecture. The artist: Shigeru Ban (born in Tokyo in 1957) attended SCI-Arc in California and earned his degree at the Cooper Union School of Architecture in New York. He is based in Tokyo and Paris.

This must have edition for any design library reminds us that the categorical imperative for architects should be to design as if humanity depends on it - because it does. "All of Ban's innovative and significant glory..."