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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 400,082 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Shigeru Ban is the 225th most popular architect (up from 237th in 2019), the 671st most popular biography from Japan (up from 684th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Japanese Architect.

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  • 400k

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  • 54.16

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 30

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.76

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Shigeru Ban ranks 225 out of 424. Before him are Archibald Leitch, Giuseppe Terragni, Pierre Jeanneret, Pirro Ligorio, Félix Candela, and Paul Andreu. After him are Charles Percier, Nicola Salvi, Luciano Laurana, Aldo van Eyck, Josep Lluís Sert, and Augustus Pugin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Shigeru Ban ranks 78. Before him are Thierry Boutsen, Clive Burr, Irvine Welsh, Luis Garavito, Ricardo Darín, and Jüri Tamm. After him are Andrew Wakefield, Lucélia Santos, John Lasseter, Paweł Pawlikowski, Joaquim de Almeida, and Ray Winstone.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Shigeru Ban ranks 671 out of 6,048. Before him are Motoori Norinaga (1730), Tomohiko Ikoma (1932), Ogata Kōrin (1658), Itagaki Taisuke (1837), Eizo Yuguchi (1945), and Emperor Horikawa (1079). After him are Inoue Kaoru (1836), Shigeko Higashikuni (1925), Yuki Fushimi (1950), Soga no Umako (551), Ii Naosuke (1815), and Yasuo Haruyama (1906).

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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), and Ryue Nishizawa (1966).

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