Shigeru Ban's Fabric Membrane and Paper Tube Canopy

Designed by Shigeru Ban, and built for the Cezanne in Provence festival in Aix-en-Provence, France, this fabric canopy is supported by a paper tube structure and provides shading.  

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Triaxial Wovens - Kate Spade and Shigeru Ban

 

I was paging through Elle Decor,  and saw this ad for a Kate Spade handbag which reminded me of the roof  on the Pompidou-Metz's hat inspired exterior, designed by Shigeru Ban, as featured in this month's Lexus Magazine, and scheduled to open later this year.