Topic: Shigeru Ban

“Starchitecture” comes to New York

Toronto Star - 21 days ago
For theatre, jazz, opera, dance and. . nightlife of all types, New York is about. . as good as it gets. Ditto for its museum. . scene, its...

Film Review: The Future Is Now! (1.5 stars)

The Ampersand - 237 days ago
Films that take as their central role imparting facts and spurring discussions about politics, the arts and other spheres central to human...

Books on eco-friendly, beautiful home design

San Francisco Chronicle - 471 days ago
0 . Two timely books dispel the notion that green design is less than beautiful. . . In "Houses: Modern Natural, Natural Modern" (Rizzoli, $60)...

Japanese architect crowns French museum with 'Chinese hat'

AFP Global Edition - 648 days ago
Wandering around a Paris craft shop one day in 1989, Shigeru Ban came across a Chinese bamboo hat. Picking it up, the Japanese architect was intrigued by its design."I was amazed by the combination of the materials, the woven bamboo as ...

From Milan: Q&A with Shigeru Ban

Dwell.com - 1028 days ago
Boldly declaring "One Chair Is Enough," Artek, the Finnish company founded in part by legendary architect Alvar Aalto, today introduced a new product line, the 10-Unit System by Shigeru Ban. Dwell sat down with Ban to discuss the launch of the line ...

Physically attractive

ThisIsLondon.co.uk - 1387 days ago
Somerset House relaunches its Embankment Galleries with Skin + Bones, a landmark exhibition devoted to ideas shared by fashion and architecture. It examines themes of geometry, identity, tectonic strategies and more, using breathtaking examples of structural play from some of the most innovative ...