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Project Specs Miki Disaster Management Park Beans Dome Miki, Japan Shuhei Endo Architect Institute << Return to article the People Architect: Shuhei Endo Architect Institute 6F, 3-21, Suehirocyo, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-0053, Japan phone+81-6-6312-7455 Fax +81-6-6312-7456 Aoi Fujioka, Wataru Horie, Shigeaki Nakamura, Mamiko Tanaka Architect of record: 1986 Complete of the Master Course of Kyoto City University of Arts, 1988 Established Shuhei Endo Architect Institute, 2004 Professor at Salzbulg Summer Academy, Currently professor at Graduate School of Kobe University Engineer(s): Structural Engineer: Design-Structure Laboratory (Masashi Ouji) Mechanical Engineer: GE Setsubi Consultant(s): Acoustical: AER Other: Tennis Corporation General contractor: Joint Venture of

Photo © Rauno Träskelin/courtesy Sotheby’s (top); Michael Stavaridis/courtesy Sotheby’s (middle); Sabine Schweigert/courtesy Sotheby’s (above). This Saturday, Sotheby’s will auction the 1,991-square-foot, portable Artek Pavilion designed by architect Shigeru Ban. The auction house estimates that bids may exceed $1 million before the gavel closes the sale. On Saturday, June 14, Sotheby’s will auction the Artek Pavilion designed by architect Shigeru Ban, as part of its semiannual Important 20th Century Design sale in New York. The 1,991-square-foot portable building is being sold on behalf of Artek’s major owner, the Swedish investment firm Proventus, which plans to donate the proceeds to arts and culture

Project Specs Nicolas G. Hayek Center Tokyo, Japan Shigeru Ban Architects << Return to article the People Architect Shigeru Ban Architects 5-2-4, Matsubara, Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan, 156-0043 TEL:+81-(0)3-3324-6760 FAX:+81-(0)3-3324-6789 Shigeru Ban, Design Principal, New York State Registered Architect Nobutaka Hiraga, Partner, 1st Class Registered Architect Taro Okabe, Project Architect, 1st Class Registered Architect Yoshiaki Irie Grant Suzuki Interior designer: Shigeru Ban Architects (Public Areas, Offices, Multipurpose hall, Jequet Droz Boutique) Glashuter Uhrenbetrieb GmbH (Glashutte Original Boutique) Jean-Claude Camelia (Blancpain Boutique) Atelier Oï (Breguet Boutique, Leon Hatot Boutique) Design Fresco (Omega Boutique) Swatch AG (Swatch Boutique) Engineer(s): Structural: Arup Japan Mechanical:

Like an expertly crafted Swiss watch, the Nicolas G. Hayek Center is an assemblage of movable pieces that work together with machinelike precision.

Aquiet collection of aging factories and outdated manufacturing plants, the Keihin industrial district of Tokyo seems light-years away from the city’s eye-popping, neon-clad commercial centers.

Project Specs AGC Quality Manufacturing Training Center Tokyo, Japan Takenaka Corporation << Return to article the People Architect Takenaka Corporation 1-1-1, Shinsuna Koto-ku, Tokyo 136-0075 Japan ph: +81-3-6810-5000 fx: +81-3-6660-6027 www.takanaka.co.jp www.takenaka.co.jp/designservices/index.html Project team: Hirotsugu Yamaguchi, Nobuaki Miyashita, Seiko Tanaka Lighting consultant Masahide Kakudate Lighting Architect & Associates, Inc 567 Waseda-Tsurumaki-cho, Shinjyuku, Tokyo, 162-0041 Japan ph: +81-3-5272-5597 fx: +81-3-5272-5598 www.BonBori.com MEP engineer Takenaka Corporation Project team: Takao Odajima, Yasuyuki Kanebako General contractor Takenaka Corporation   the Products Interior fluorescent lamps Prince Electronics Company www.prince-d.co.jp