PROFILE - BIOGRAPHIES
SHIGERU BAN ARCHITECTS TOKYO
 SHIGERU BAN
 NOBUTAKA HIRAGA - Partner
1957 Born in Tokyo
1977-80 Southern California Institute of Architecture
1980-82 Cooper Union School of Architecture
1982-83 Worked for Arata Isozaki, Tokyo, Japan
1984 Bachelor of Architecture, Cooper Union School of Architecture
1985 Established private practice in Tokyo, Japan
1993-95 Adjunct Professor of Architecture, Tama Art University
1995-99 Consultant of United Nations High Commissioner for Refgees (UNHCR)
1995 Established NGO: VAN (Voluntary Architects Network)
1995-99 Adjunct Professor of Architecture, Yokohama National University
1996-2000 Adjunct Professor of Architecture, Nihon University
2000 Visiting Professor, Columbia University
2000 Visiting Fellow, Donald Keen Center, Columbia University
2001- Professor, Keio University
1949 Born in Tokyo
1971 Bachelor of Architecture, Tokyo University of the Arts
1971-80 Sasagawa Architects & Partners
1980-87 Y.Ashihara Architect & Associates
1987 Established Archi Network, Principal
1998- Joined Shigeru Ban Architects as Partner
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

SHIGERU BAN ARCHITECTS EUROPE
 JEAN DE GASTINES - Partner
 
1957 Born in Casablanca, Morocco
1975-78 Studies in History and Economics, Sorbonne University, Paris
1984 Bachelor of Architecture, Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris
1980 Frank O. Gehry, Santa Monica, California
1982-83 SCAU Aymeric Zublena Architects, Paris
1985 Established private practice
1999 Professional Association with Shigeru Ban Architects
   
   

SHIGERU BAN ARCHITECTS AMERICA
 DEAN MALTZ - Partner
 NINA FREEDMAN - Project Director
1977-79 Washington University
1982-83 Azuma Takamitsu Architect
1984 Cooper Union School of Architecture, BArch
1985 Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Teaching Assistant
1986 Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, MArch
1986-89 Gwathmey Siegel and Associates
1989-90 Eisenman Architects
1990-97 Davis + Maltz Architects, Principal
1997- Dean Maltz Architect, Principal
1999- Professional Association with Shigeru Ban Architects
2000 Columbia University, Visiting Professor
2004 Washington University, Visiting Professor
2005- Shigeru Ban Architects America - Partner
1979 City College of New York
1987 The Architectural Association, London, England
1985 Paul Rudolph, New York
1986 Building Design Partnership, London
1987 Richard Rogers Partnership, London
1988 Renzo Piano Building Workshop, Genova
1989-91 Richard Meier and Partners, New York & Paris
1991-92 Established Nina Freedman, Point New York 
1994-98  William Nicholas Bodouva Associates, New York 
1998-2006 H3/HHPA, New York 
2006- Shigeru Ban Architects America