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Shigeru Ban

1957 - Today

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Shigeru Ban (坂 茂, Ban Shigeru, born 5 August 1957) is a Japanese architect, known for his innovative work with paper, particularly recycled cardboard tubes used to quickly and efficiently house disaster victims. Many of his notable designs are structures which are temporary, prefabricated, or incorporate inexpensive and unconventional materials in innovative ways. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shigeru Ban has received more than 428,899 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Shigeru Ban is the 195th most popular architect (up from 224th in 2019), the 617th most popular biography from Japan (up from 669th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Japanese Architect.

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  • 430k

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  • 62.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Shigeru Ban ranks 195 out of 518. Before him are Cornelis Floris de Vriendt, Baysunghur, Carlo Fontana, Hans Poelzig, Lev Rudnev, and Jacobus Oud. After him are Luigi Vanvitelli, Adrian Smith, Mart Stam, Henning Larsen, Henri Labrouste, and Nicodemus Tessin the Younger.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Shigeru Ban ranks 77. Before him are Janick Gers, Lucien Favre, Klaus Augenthaler, Fred Vargas, Antonio Cabrini, and Alu Alkhanov. After him are Loreena McKennitt, Monte Melkonian, Lucélia Santos, Mikhail Kasyanov, Ricardo Darín, and Frank Miller.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Shigeru Ban ranks 617 out of 6,245. Before him are Misao Tamai (1903), Saburo Shinosaki (null), Takaaki Kajita (1959), Hōjō Sōun (1432), Daigoro Kondo (1907), and Hitoshi Ashida (1887). After him are Hasui Kawase (1883), Zenkō Suzuki (1911), Kaneto Shindo (1912), Mineko Iwasaki (1949), Hantaro Nagaoka (1865), and Senjūrō Hayashi (1876).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Japan

Among architects born in Japan, Shigeru Ban ranks 6. Before him are Tadao Ando (1941), Kenzō Tange (1913), Arata Isozaki (1931), Fumihiko Maki (1928), and Kisho Kurokawa (1934). After him are Kazuyo Sejima (1956), Kengo Kuma (1954), Kunio Maekawa (1905), Kiyonori Kikutake (1928), and Ryue Nishizawa (1966).

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