This book comprises a collection of works by architect Shigeru Ban. In addition to the projects featured in the monograph published by Toto Publishing in 2017, it contains numerous new architectural works, exhibitions, products, and examples of disaster relief. Each of the nine chapters includes a thematic text and related works, providing a comprehensive overview of Ban’s activities. This single volume traces 40 years of developing materials and new structures, as well as 30 years of disaster relief work around the world. The opening essay contributed by Riichi Miyake deepens our understanding of Ban’s tireless efforts in both architecture and disaster relief.

1957 Born in Tokyo, Japan
1977-80 Southern California Institute of Architecture
1980-82 Cooper Union School of Architecture
1982-83 Worked for Arata Isozaki, Tokyo, Japan
1984 Received Bachelor of Architecture from Cooper Union
1985 Established private practice in Tokyo
1995 Established NGO, Voluntary Architects’ Network (VAN)
1995-99 Consultant of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
2000-01 Visiting Fellow of Donald Keene Center, Columbia University
2001-08 Professor of Keio University
2008 l’Ordre National du Mérite in France
2009 Grand Prize of AIJ 2009: Nicolas G. Hayek Center
2010 l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in France
2012 Art Prize from Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs
2014 The Pritzker Architecture Prize
2014 L’Ordre des Arts et des Letters, France (le grande de Commandeur)
2015 The Asahi Prize
2015-19 Guest Professor of Keio University
2016 JIA Grand Prix
2017 Medal with Purple Ribbon
2017 Mother Teresa Social Justice Award
2019-23 Professor at Keio University
2019 The Yomiuri International Cooperation Prize
2020- Specially Appointed Professor at International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS, Tohoku University, Japan)
2023- Professor, Graduate School of Art Studies, Kyoto University of the Arts
2023- Special Guest Professor, Shibaura Institute of Technology
2024 Praemium Imperiale for Architecture
2025 Enku Award
2025- Japan Art Academy Member
2025 Person of Cultural Merit, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan
2026 American Institute of Architects (AIA) Gold Medal