"Architects mostly work for privileged people, people who have money and power, Power and money are invisible, so people hire us to visualize their power and money by making monumental architecture. I love to make monuments, too, but I thought perhaps we can use our experience and knowledge more for the general public, even for those who have lost their houses in natural disasters."

Source : "Paper Palaces" by Dana Goodyear, www.newyorker.com. August 11, 2014.

Shigeru Ban

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