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![Cardboard Cathedral, 2013, Christchurch, New Zealand](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/shigeru-ban-cardboard-cathedral-01.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
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![Paper Concert Hall, 2011, L’Aquila, Italy](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/shigeru-ban-laquila_01.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
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![Metal Shutter House, 2010, New York.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/shigeru-ban-metal-shutter-house-02.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
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![Haesley Nine Bridges Golf Club House, 2010, Korea](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/shigeru-ban-nine-bridges-golf-club-01.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
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![Paper Temporary Studio, 2004, Paris, France](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/shigeru-ban-paper-temporary-studio-02.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
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![apan Pavilion, Expo 2000 Hannover, 2000, Germany](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/shigeru-ban-hannover-expo-japan-pavilion-02.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
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![Curtain Wall House, 1995, Tokyo, Japan](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/shigeru-ban-curtain-wall-house-01.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Curtain Wall House, 1995, Tokyo, Japan](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/shigeru-ban-curtain-wall-house-02.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![PC Pile House, 1992, Shizuoka, Japan](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/shigeru-ban-pc-pile-house-01_3.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
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