Learning by doing: students rebuild a temporary Shigeru Ban home at Philip Johnson's Glass House
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199 Elm St, New Canaan, CT 06840, USA
Design
Client
Construction
The Cooper Union Building Technology Course, SBA
Floor Area
17 sq-m
A group of students from The Cooper Union's architecture school recreated the Shigeru Ban-designed Paper Log House to honour the 75th anniversary of Philip Johnson’s The Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut.
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