Shigeki Saka's Architecture

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Publication date: September 2023
Edited by Laura Britton, Vittorio Lovato
Price: 7,920 yen (7,200 yen + tax)
Format: A4 (210 x 297 x 28 mm) Hardcover, 272 pages in total
ISBN: 9784766137514
Publisher: Graphic-sha

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release date 2023年9月8日

Part numberMbk9784766137514

Specification All 45 of Architect Shigeru Ban's Large-Scale Wooden Projects

Wood is one of the world's oldest building materials and continues to innovate in the design and construction of buildings today. The impact of building methods on climate change is an issue that we, as people living on this planet, cannot afford to ignore. Building with wood is not only an environmentally responsible choice, but it has proven positive effects on our happiness, health and productivity, benefiting individuals and organizations alike.

For over 35 years, Shigeru Ban Architects has revolutionized wooden architecture, creating spaces that resonate with the senses and contribute to the individuals, communities and global environment that use them. He has realized over 65 large-scale wooden projects, ranging from prefabricated plywood homes to computer-controlled timber gridshells. This book traces the process of 45 of his works from concept to construction through blueprints, photographs and explanatory text, approaching the essence and appeal of Shigeru Ban's wooden architecture.
The book also includes a foreword by environmental activist Paul Hawken, a contribution from Shigeru Ban himself entitled "Why I Love Architecture Made of Wood", and an essay by Hermann Blumer, a structural engineer who worked with Ban on the construction.


◎List of featured projects
Furniture House No.1
Bamboo furniture house
Sagaponack House
Solid cedar house
House in Sengokuhara
House of Light and Shadow
Bookshelf House
Skolkovo Golf Clubhouse
Mount Fuji Shizuoka Airport
Art Biotop Suite Villa
Shishiiwa House No.2
Imai Hospital Nursery
Imai Atsushi Memorial Gymnasium
Onagawa Station + Yupoppo
Pompidou Centre Metz
GC Osaka Sales Office Building
TAMADIC Nagoya
Oita Prefectural Art Museum (OPAM)
Shizuoka Prefecture Mount Fuji World Heritage Center
La Seine Musicale
HOUSE VISION 2016 Condensed and Open House
Shishiiwa House
Kids Dome Sorai
Kumamoto earthquake: Wooden temporary housing
Tamedia New Headquarters
Van Santé + N Residence
Zen temple Yasune
Farmhouse Restaurant Yo-Sansan
Aspen Art Museum
Triangular House
Kuapark Nagayu (*2 projects)
Shonai Hotel Suiden Terrace (*4 projects)
YUFUiNFO / Yufu City Tourist Information Center
Nine Bridges Golf Clubhouse
Hesley Hamlet (*4 projects)
Swatch/Omega Campus (*3 projects)

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