From high-end boutiques to housing in disaster zones with beer-crate foundations, the Japanese architect creates with things people throw away. What will his distillery in whisky’s holy land look like ...

Shigeru Ban, ‘Paper Log House Kobe’ (photo by Takanobu Sakuma; all images courtesy Shigeru Ban) Earlier today, the Pritzker Foundation named Shigeru Ban as its 2014 Laureate. Focusing on his work in ...