Shigeru Ban (坂茂, Ban Shigeru; born 1957 in Tokyo, Japan) is an accomplished Japanese and international architect, most famous for his innovative work with paper, particularly recycled cardboard paper tubes used to quickly and efficiently house disaster victims. Shigeru Ban, 40, from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville in 2005. won the annual Thomas Jefferson Medal for Architecture at the age of 48. Time Magazine’s 21st anniversary in the field of architecture and design. profiled in the projection of the century’s innovators.