Photo courtesy Shigeru Ban Architects Temporary housing by Shigeru Ban is now under construction in Onagawa—a coastal town in Japan that was decimated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Related Links: Ban to Offer Aid to Native Japan Shigeru Ban Hopes to Build Waterproof Shelters in Haiti Ban-Aid Newsmaker: Shigeru Ban Metal Shutter Houses by Ban Ban Pavilion Could Sell for More than $1 Million On the surface, the city of Christchurch, New Zealand, and the town of Onagawa, Japan, do not have much in common. But one does not have to scratch deeply to find likenesses. Since earthquakes
There is no denying that One World Trade Center (WTC), the 104-story tower now rising at the northern end of the Ground Zero site, is a tremendously ambitious commercial real estate venture.
A 14-story, 39,200-square-foot condominium tower that extends above the High Line, an elevated public park built on a derelict railroad track that runs along Manhattan's West Side.