# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shigeru-ban
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:55:06.599Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shigeru-ban"
name: "Shigeru Ban"
slug: "shigeru-ban"
description: "Shigeru Ban  is a Japanese architect, known for his innovative work with paper, particularly recycled cardboard tubes used to quickly and efficiently house disaster victims. Many of his notable designs are structures which are temporary, prefabricated, or incorporate inexpensive and unconventional materials in innovative ways. He was profiled by Time magazine in their projection of 21st-century innovators in the field of architecture and design."
tagline: "Japanese architect (1957-)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shigeru_Ban.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Architects"
  slug: "architects"
profileType:
  name: "Architect"
  slug: "architect"
birthDate: "1957-08-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.81
  momentum:             0
  historical:           22.2754
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: 129
platforms:
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Shigeru Ban"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump