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Paper House

Shigeru Ban · Yamanakako, Japan · 1995

Key features110 paper tubes, 2.7 m tall, stand in an S-curve under a flat roof; the first building to use paper tubes as structure.

Architect
Shigeru Ban
Place
Yamanakako, Japan
Year
1995
Typology
House
Movement
Contemporary
Region
East Asia
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