Pritzker Architecture Prize

Gallery: In an undated handout photo, the Cardboard Cathedral in Christchurch, New Zealand, which was built after the city's 19th-century cathedral was ravaged in an earthquake in 2011. The Cardboard Cathedral was designed by Shigeru Ban, who won 2014's Pritzker Architecture Prize. (Stephen Goodenough via The New York Times) -- NO SALES: FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY WITH STORY SLUGGED PRITZKER-PRIZE BY ROBIN POGREBIN. ALL OTHER USE PROHIBITED.

Gallery: FILE -- Paper Log Houses by Shigeru Ban, in Kobe, Japan, 1999. On March 24, 2014, the Japanese architect was named the winner of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, largely because of his work designing shelters after natural disasters in places like Rwanda, Turkey, India, China, Haiti and Japan. (The Japan Architect/Shinkenchiku-sha Co. via The New York Times) -- NO SALES; FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY WITH STORY SLUGGED PRITZKER PRIZE BY ROBIN POGREBIN. ALL OTHER USE PROHIBITED. --

Gallery: This undated image released by the Pritzker Prize shows the interior of the Centre Pompidou-Metz, a contemporary art museum in Metz, France, designed by designed by Tokyo-born architect Shigeru Ban, 56, the recipient of the 2014 Pritzker Architecture Prize.

Gallery: This undated image released by the Pritzker Prize shows a cardboard cathedral in New Zealand designed by Tokyo-born architect Shigeru Ban, 56, the recipient of the 2014 Pritzker Architecture Prize.

Gallery: Architect Shigeru Ban in New York, March 20, 2014. On Monday, the Japanese architect was named the winner of this year�s Pritzker Architecture Prize, largely because of his work designing shelters after natural disasters in places like Rwanda, Turkey, India, China, Haiti and Japan.

Gallery: A paper partition system in Japan, 2011. The 2014 Pritzker Prize winner, Shigeru Ban, designed the paper partition system, which afforded Fukushima�s displaced families a measure of privacy in 2011. (Voluntary Architects' Network via The New York Times) -- NO SALES: FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY WITH STORY SLUGGED PRITZKER-PRIZE BY ROBIN POGREBIN. ALL OTHER USE PROHIBITED.

Gallery: This undated image released by the Pritzker Prize shows the exterior of the Centre Pompidou-Metz, a contemporary art museum in Metz, France, designed by designed by Tokyo-born architect Shigeru Ban, 56, the recipient of the 2014 Pritzker Architecture Prize.

Gallery: This March 20, 2014 photo shows Tokyo-born architect Shigeru Ban, 56, the recipient of the 2014 Pritzker Architecture Prize, standing on the balcony of an apartment in the Metal Shutter Houses he designed in New York.