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The 56-year-old architect called receiving architecture’s answer to the Nobel Prize a “great honor.” Ban said, “I see this prize as encouragement for me to keep doing what I am doing—not to change what I am doing, but to grow.” A [TIME](http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,997495,00.html) profile of Ban in 2000 referred to the architect as someone who “wants beauty to be attainable by the masses, even the poorest.” Over the past 20 years, Ban has developed temporary housing units built from cardboard paper tubes in response to disasters around the world. “Refugee shelter has to be beautiful,” Ban told TIME. “Psychologically, refugees are damaged. They have to stay in nice places.” The architect is also known for more traditional modernist buildings such as the Center Pompidou-Metz in France, and the Rose Art Museum in Rotterdam, Holland. He also designed a new home for the Aspen Art Museum in Colorado, which is due to open in August 2014\. The jury [citation](http://www.pritzkerprize.com/2014/jury-citation) for the 2014 prize reads, “Where others may see insurmountable challenges, Ban sees a call to action. Where others might take a tested path, he sees the opportunity to innovate.” ### The Quietly Radical Buildings Of Shigeru Ban  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/36324/japanese-architect-shigeru-ban-wins-pritzker-prize-2/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/36324/japanese-architect-shigeru-ban-wins-pritzker-prize-2/"},"headline":"Japanese Architect Shigeru Ban Wins Pritzker Prize","datePublished":"2014-03-24T22:38:39.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:08:31.884Z","description":"The 56-year-old architect is known for creating recyclable disaster relief structures, as well as for buildings such as the Center Pompidou-Metz in France, and the Rose Art Museum in Rotterdam, Holland","url":"https://time.com/36324/japanese-architect-shigeru-ban-wins-pritzker-prize-2/","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":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"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/36324/japanese-architect-shigeru-ban-wins-pritzker-prize-2/","name":"Japanese Architect Shigeru Ban Wins Pritzker Prize"}}]}] ```