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“I did a lot of tests, and I finalized my research. Paper has become a part of my visual vocabulary. You know, paper is an industrial material. You can do almost anything with it. Wood, for example, is much more difficult to adapt to different needs.”

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Shigeru Ban

Shigeru Ban is a renowned Japanese architect born on August 5, 1957, in Tokyo. He is celebrated for his innovative use of sustainable materials, particularly cardboard tubes, in architecture. Ban graduated from Cooper Union in New York and founded Shigeru Ban Architects in 1995. His work spans cultural facilities, residential buildings, and disaster relief structures. In 2014, he received the Pritzker Architecture Prize, the highest honor in architecture, recognizing his contributions to material innovation and humanitarian efforts. more

“For me, there's no difference between what's temporary and what's definitive. I built the church in Kobe, which was supposed to be temporary, and people liked it so much that there's a version of it still there today - unlike some concrete buildings that were just built for money and that can be destroyed from one day to the next. Concrete can be very fragile during earthquakes.”

People Today Church Building One Day Temporary Concrete

Author:Shigeru Ban

“I've managed to create intimacy with people I know, and people that I don't know. The longer things stay inside of us, the more we think they are black or tainted, but they're really not.”

People Thinking Black Intimacy

Author:Leigh Newman

“I didn't write the memoir with any sort of intention of feeling better. I wrote the memoir because I had a weird need to write a good story. But once I was done, I did feel better about myself. Not better, just calmer. Because a tremendous onus had been lifted off my day-to-day.”

Writing Done Feelings Intention Memoir Feel Better

Author:Leigh Newman

“If you want to write in a mature and interesting way, you have to have sympathy for everyone that's involved.”

Writing Interesting Mature

Author:Leigh Newman