For me, there's no difference between what's temporary and what's definitive. I built the church in Kobe, which was supposed to be temporary, and people liked it so much that there's a version of it still there today - unlike… — Shigeru Ban Copy Share Image
Architects mostly work for privileged people, people who have money and power, Power and money are invisible, so people hire us to visualize their… — Shigeru Ban Copy Share Image
I believe that the material doesn’t need to be strong to be used to build a strong structure. The strength of the structure has… — Shigeru Ban Copy Share Image
The most important thing, in order to forge one's own creative personality, is to travel, to see different environments, different cultures. I wanted to… — Shigeru Ban Copy Share Image
Architecture is not about designing somehting from a free, fanciful idea. It is about discovering and establishing one's own principle, some kind of regularity… — Shigeru Ban Copy Share Image
Everyone used to want to be star architects. That's no longer the case. — Shigeru Ban Copy Share Image
I did a lot of tests, and I finalized my research. Paper has become a part of my visual vocabulary. You know, paper is… — Shigeru Ban Copy Share Image
I'm not inventing anything new, I'm just using existing material differently. — Shigeru Ban Copy Share Image
People are not killed by earthquakes alone, but by collapsed buildings. — Shigeru Ban Copy Share Image
For me, there's no difference between what's temporary and what's definitive. I built the church in Kobe, which was supposed to be temporary, and… — Shigeru Ban Copy Share Image
An architect does not need to spend his whole career making monuments for rich people. — Shigeru Ban Copy Share Image
I travel a lot. Japanese culture is very ancient and very strong. That's why most people who commission work from Japanese architects expect them… — Shigeru Ban Copy Share Image
