Japanese architect Shigeru Ban's studio has designed a pair of wood-clad housing blocks in Belgium named Ban, which will sit alongside a courtyard "where people can unwind". More about Shigeru Ban designs wood-clad housing blocks in Antwerp
A thatched roof and large cardboard tubes form part of the structure of the Farmer's Restaurant on Awaji Island, designed by Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning architect Shigeru Ban's studio. More about Shigeru Ban marries thatch and cardboard tubes at Farmer's Restaurant in Japan
An open-air platform for meditation is elevated above the treetops at Zenbo Seinei, a wooden retreat that Pritzker Architecture Prize-winning architect Shigeru Ban has completed on Awaji Island in Japan. More about Shigeru Ban creates wooden Zenbo Seinei retreat on Japanese island
Pritzker Prize-winning architect Shigeru Ban has installed his Paper Partition System across temporary shelters in Europe that are housing Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion. More about Shigeru Ban builds modular partitions to offer privacy to Ukrainians in emergency shelters
Pritzker Prize-winning architect Shigeru Ban has designed a wooden meditation retreat named Zenbo Seinei, which is nearing completion on a verdant site on the Awaji Island in Japan. More about Shigeru Ban designs meditation retreat overlooking Awaji Island mountains
BIG founder Bjarke Ingels, architect Shigeru Ban and artist Olafur Eliasson are among the "distinguished thinkers and practitioners" that have been selected as ambassadors for the EU's New European Bauhaus. More about Bjarke Ingels among creatives to join New European Bauhaus high-level roundtable
Pritzker Prize-winning architect Shigeru Ban has designed two public toilets for the Tokyo Toilet project with transparent glass walls that become opaque when they are occupied. More about Shigeru Ban designs pair of transparent public toilets in Tokyo
An overhanging canopy shades the cascading exhibition spaces and outdoor terraces that make up Shigeru Ban's gallery at the Tainan Art Museum. More about Photos reveal Shigeru Ban's Tainan Art Museum building in Taiwan
A double-curved timber shell constructed from 7,700 timber pieces forms the Swatch Headquarters by Shigeru Ban in Biel, Switzerland. More about Shigeru Ban covers Swatch headquarters in vaulting timber shell
A "seamless flow" of spaces including a library, 250-tree garden and a shared social space form the heart of the Shigeru Ban-designed Shishi-Iwa House boutique hotel in Japan. More about Shigeru Ban designs boutique hotel that winds through woodland in Japan
Japanese architect Shigeru Ban is overhauling a quarry in Kentucky into a campus built from mass timber, for a local whiskey distillery. More about Shigeru Ban proposes trio of pyramids for Kentucky Owl whiskey distillery
Pritzker Prize-winner Shigeru Ban has joined the disaster relief effort in Okayama Prefecture, Japan, personally setting up his Paper Partition System for evacuees. More about Shigeru Ban builds temporary shelters from paper for Japan flooding victims
Japanese architect Shigeru Ban has teamed up with cross-laminated-timber expert Waugh Thistleton to design his first UK building – a five-storey house that will be built beside London's River Thames. More about Shigeru Ban to build "pagoda in the park" as his first UK building
These new images offer a glimpse inside Japanese architect Shigeru Ban's Terrace House for Vancouver, set to become the tallest hybrid timber structure in the world once complete. More about Shigeru Ban unveils interiors for "world's tallest" hybrid timber tower in Vancouver
Pritzker Prize-winning architect Shigeru Ban has completed a music complex near Paris, featuring an egg-shaped auditorium and a wall of solar panels that move to follow the path of the sun. More about Shigeru Ban's La Seine Musicale incorporates a wall of moving solar panels
New photos have been released showing one of the homes inside Cast Iron House – the 135-year-old New York building that is being overhauled by Japanese architect Shigeru Ban. More about First apartment unveiled inside Shigeru Ban's revamped Cast Iron House
New images have been released of Shigeru Ban's Terrace House, a 19-storey residential tower for Vancouver that will boast a pioneering hybrid structure of wood, concrete and steel. More about Shigeru Ban reveals new details of "world's tallest hybrid timber structure" for Vancouver
Japanese architects including Sou Fujimoto, Atelier Bow-Wow, Kengo Kuma and Shigeru Ban have all designed houses of the future for a Tokyo exhibition (+ movie). More about Sou Fujimoto, Kengo Kuma and more propose future houses in House Vision exhibition
Japanese architect Shigeru Ban has been commissioned to design a residential tower for Vancouver that its developers claim will be the tallest hybrid timber structure in the world. More about Shigeru Ban unveils "tallest hybrid timber structure in the world" for Vancouver
Shigeru Ban has travelled to Ecuador to help with disaster relief, following a major earthquake that has caused the death of over 650 people. More about Shigeru Ban joins disaster relief effort following Ecuador earthquake