A timber gridshell section is lifted into place during construction, a key step in assembling the venue’s curved wood structure. May 22, 2026 Stacked atop two precast concrete plinths at the edge of a ...

Stacked atop two precast concrete plinths at the edge of a public greenspace in Doraville, Ga., a 4,000‑sq‑ft, saddle‑shaped timber shell is rising, elastically bent wood laths arching upward from ...

A mind-boggling number of parts and pieces clad Shigeru Ban’s new headquarters for Swatch in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. Nearly 2,800 uniquely shaped facade panels cover the more than ...

Japanese architect Shigeru Ban likes to test the limits of materials. The Pritzker Prize–winner is perhaps best known for his work with cardboard tubes, using them to quickly and inventively shelter ...

A researcher from the University of Tokyo and a U.S.-based structural engineer developed a new computational form-finding method that could change how architects and engineers design lightweight and ...