Eight years after the release of the first edition of this XXL monograph, Philip Jodidio embarks once again on a journey through the world of Shigeru Ban. He explores newly opened, highly anticipated buildings, shares his outlook on the future of the Shigeru Ban studio, and creates a comprehensive overview of the Japanese architect's career that spans both time and geography. This updated edition invites you to follow the development of an artist who is regarded as a guarantor of architectural masterpieces that are unmatched in innovation, elegance, and sensitivity. Alongside early works where Ban established paper tubes as structural elements, and iconic houses like the Curtain Wall House in Tokyo, the volume also presents recent projects, including the Swatch/Omega Campus in Switzerland, a two-story penthouse atop a 140-year-old New York landmark, and the Seine Musicale, a concert hall integrated into Jean Nouvel's master plan on the Ile Séguin in France. Ban's work seeks to understand. How do buildings function? How can waste materials be enhanced through reuse? He formulates answers as inventive solutions, such as the use of paper as a building material. Throughout his career, Ban, who became a symbol of Japanese architecture early on, has remained true to his unique architectural signature that distinguishes his projects around the world. However, fame and honor have not deterred the Pritzker Prize winner from dedicating his talent and creativity to those in need. He designed refugee shelters in Rwanda and Sri Lanka and enabled the rapid construction of emergency housing in the crisis areas of Fukushima and Ukraine with his paper tube technique. With his solution-oriented, generous, and elegant approach, Shigeru Ban shapes humanitarian architecture and continually redefines the boundaries of his field.