Shigeru Ban : timber in architecture /

• Main Author: Ban, Shigeru, 1957- (συγγραφέας.)
• Other Authors: Hawken, Paul (συγγραφέας προλόγου.), Blumer, Hermann (συγγραφέας.), Britton, Laura (επιμελήτρια.), Lovato, Vittorio (επιμελητής.)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., [2022]
• Subjects: Ban, Shigeru, > 1957-; Ξύλινες κατασκευές; Ξύλινες κατασκευές (Αρχιτεκτονική)

Despite being one of the oldest building materials, wood is revolutionizing the way we design and construct buildings today. Criteria such as a changing work-life balance and working for a carbon-neutral future allow us to better account for the resources that buildings use and their effect on the n...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword / Paul Hawken
• Why do I love wooden architecture? / Shigeru Ban
• Becoming a timber engineer / Hermann Blumer
• Introduction: why wood?
• Timeline: from paper to wood
• Featured Projects
• Furniture House 1
• Bamboo Furniture House
• Sagaponac House
• Solid Cedar House
• Villa at Sengokubara
• House of Light and Shadow
• Bookshelf House
• Skolkovo Golf Clubhouse
• Mt. Fuji Shizuoka Airport
• Art Biotop - Suite Villa
• Shishi-Iwa House No. 2
• Imai Hospital Daycare Center
• Atsushi Imai Memorial Gymnasium
• Onagawa Station + Yupo'po
• Centre Pompidou-Metz
• GC Oska Building
• Tamadic Nagoya
• Oita Prefectural Art Museum
• Mt. Fuji World Heritage Centre
• La Seine Musicale
• House Vision 2
• Shishi-Iwa House
• Kids Dome Sorai
• Kumamoto Temporary Housing
• Tamedia Headquarters
• Vin Sante + N House
• ZEN Wellness SEINEI
• Farmer's Restaurant
• Aspen Art Museum
• Triangle House
• Kur Park Nagayu
• Shonai Hotel Suiden Terrasse
• YUFUiNFO
• Haesley Nine Bridges Golf Clubhouse
• Haesley Hamlet
• Swatch/Omega Campus
• Project Index
• Unbuilt
• Built
• Current Projects
• Appendix
• Shigeru Ban
• Shigeru Ban Architects.