--- description: The Pritzker Prize-winning architect fashioned a cathedral out of cardboard, as well as designing more traditional modernist spaces like the Centre Pompidou-Metz title: Shigeru Ban's Cardboard Cathedral, And Other Buildings image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd940dfd07706fcbe/6986870906f2c10e3832e07a/shigeru-ban-cardboard-cathedral-021.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [architecture](/tag/architecture/) ## architecture Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # The Quietly Radical Buildings Of Shigeru Ban by [TIME Photo](/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 24, 2014 10:40 PM CUT  Courtesy of Shigeru Ban Architects by [TIME Photo](/author/time-photo/) ## TIME Photo Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 24, 2014 10:40 PM CUT  Cardboard Cathedral, 2013, Christchurch, New Zealand Courtesy of Shigeru Ban Architects  Cardboard Cathedral, 2013, Christchurch, New Zealand Courtesy of Shigeru Ban Architects  Paper Concert Hall, 2011, L’Aquila, Italy Courtesy of Shigeru Ban Architects  Paper Concert Hall, 2011, L’Aquila, Italy Courtesy of Shigeru Ban Architects  Centre Pompidou-Metz, 2010, France Courtesy of Shigeru Ban Architects  Centre Pompidou-Metz, 2010, France Courtesy of Shigeru Ban Architects  Metal Shutter House, 2010, New York. Courtesy of Shigeru Ban Architects  Metal Shutter House, 2010, New York. Courtesy of Shigeru Ban Architects.  Haesley Nine Bridges Golf Club House, 2010, Korea Courtesy of Shigeru Ban Architects  Haesley Nine Bridges Golf Club House, 2010, Korea Courtesy of Shigeru Ban Architects  Paper Temporary Studio, 2004, Paris, France Courtesy of Shigeru Ban Architects  Paper Temporary Studio, 2004, Paris, France Courtesy of Shigeru Ban Architects  Japan Pavilion, Expo 2000 Hannover, 2000, Germany Courtesy of Shigeru Ban Architects  Japan Pavilion, Expo 2000 Hannover, 2000, Germany Courtesy of Shigeru Ban Architects  Curtain Wall House, 1995, Tokyo, Japan Courtesy of Shigeru Ban Architects  Curtain Wall House, 1995, Tokyo, Japan Courtesy of Shigeru Ban Architects  PC Pile House, 1992, Shizuoka, Japan Courtesy of Shigeru Ban Architects  PC Pile House, 1992, Shizuoka, Japan Courtesy of Shigeru Ban Architects ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/36189/the-quietly-radical-buildings-of-shigeru-ban/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/36189/the-quietly-radical-buildings-of-shigeru-ban/"},"headline":"The Quietly Radical Buildings Of Shigeru Ban","datePublished":"2014-03-24T22:40:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:08:33.268Z","description":"The Pritzker Prize-winning architect fashioned a cathedral out of cardboard, as well as designing more traditional modernist spaces like the Centre Pompidou-Metz","url":"https://time.com/36189/the-quietly-radical-buildings-of-shigeru-ban/","keywords":["architecture"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd940dfd07706fcbe/6986870906f2c10e3832e07a/shigeru-ban-cardboard-cathedral-021.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Photo","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-photo/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd940dfd07706fcbe/6986870906f2c10e3832e07a/shigeru-ban-cardboard-cathedral-021.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Shigeru Ban","caption":"Shigeru Ban","creditText":"Courtesy of Shigeru Ban Architects","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/architecture/","name":"architecture"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/36189/the-quietly-radical-buildings-of-shigeru-ban/","name":"The Quietly Radical Buildings Of Shigeru Ban"}}]}] ```