Shigeru Ban’s Dazzling Architecture of Time

A daily mix of stories about cities, city life, and our always evolving neighborhoods and skylines. [Curbed]( THURSDAY, JULY 18 CHAPTERS [Shigeru Ban’s Dazzling Architecture of Time]( The architect’s approach (and choice of materials) embraces simplicity and change. Photo: Swatch A good idea can be a trap. The Japanese architect Shigeru Ban, a master of refined spectacle, once unfurled some bolts of fabric for an exhibition he was designing, then schlepped home the cardboard tubes. That pack-rat move — Maybe they’ll come in handy someday — wound up shaping his career so completely that, four decades and a vast and varied portfolio later, he’s still often thought of as the paper architect — not because his projects remained on paper but because they were made of it. [Continue reading »]( Want more on city life, real estate, and design? [Subscribe now]( to save over 40% on unlimited access to Curbed and everything New York. [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( The Latest [A Paris Pied-à -Terre With an Olympic View New Yorkers Sean Cassidy and Gerry Logue will be watching the opening ceremony from their balcony on the Left Bank.]( By Wendy Goodman [The Look Book Goes to the Campus Galleries Upstate For the opening of Bortolami, James Cohan, kaufmann repetto, Anton Kern, Andrew Kreps, and kurimanzutto’s shared art space in Claverack.]( By Kelsie Schrader and Jenna Milliner-Waddell [Jenni Kayne, Real-Estate Flipper Will her new shoppable farmhouse and spa in Tivoli be the next on the market?]( By Clio Chang [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Read More From Curbed]( [Sign up to get The Listings Edit](, a weekly digest of the most worth-it apartments in New York. [GET THE NEWSLETTER]( [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe]( | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1701 Rhode Island Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2024, All rights reserved