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| ARCHITECTURE  |  | Residential buildings Detached, semi-detached houses and villas |  |   
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                                    | World Architecture Awards Best House in the World
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        | BIBILIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES |  |  |  |  |  |   
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                                    | "Shigeru Ban", Casabella 716, novembre/november 2003, pp. 56-77 Francesco Dal Co, "Il meno e il più. Shigeru Ban: bravura e coerenza", Casabella 716, novembre/november 2003, p. 59 (56-77)
 "Shigeru Ban. Naked House - Case Study 10. Kawagoe, Saitama, Giappone 2000", Casabella 716, novembre/november 2003, pp. 60-65 (56-77)
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                                    | Philip Jodidio. "Architecture Now! vol.2", Taschen, Köln 2002, pp. 42-45 |  
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                                    | "Wohnhouse bei Tokio / House near Tokyo", Detail 8/2001, "Progetti/Projects" pp. 1504-1506 |  |  
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                                    | site sq.m. 516 building sq.m. 183
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                                    | Photos © Hiroyuki Hirai Courtesy by Shigeru Ban Architects | Pritzker Architectura Prize
 
 
 
 
 
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