9 Paper Buildings By the Winner of Architecture's Top Prize

9 Paper Buildings By the Winner of Architecture's Top Prize

Last night, Shigeru Ban became the 37th winner of the "Nobel for architecture," also known as the Pritzker Prize. Ban is the most exciting winner in recent memory—here’s why.

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Japanese architect Shigeru Ban is taking a very, uh, literal approach to his $23.5 million Mount Fuj

Japanese architect Shigeru Ban is taking a very, uh, literal approach to his $23.5 million Mount Fuji World Heritage Center. The building’s wooden lattice is designed to look like the volcano’s inverse—reflecting its silhouette in pool that will surround the building when it’s finished in 2016. [DesignBoom]

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Inside the Cardboard Chapel That Replaced an Earthquake-Ruined Church

Inside the Cardboard Chapel That Replaced an Earthquake-Ruined Church

The 6.3-magnitude earthquake that hit Christchurch, New Zealand in 2011 killed more than 200 people and damaged thousands of buildings, including the city’s oldest church, a grand stone copy of a gothic cathedral in Oxford. This week, two years after it fell, its replacement is open to the public. And it’s unlike anything ever built in Christchurch—or the world.

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