Shigeru Ban proposes trio of pyramids for Kentucky Owl whiskey distillery

Japanese architect Shigeru Ban is overhauling a quarry in Kentucky into a campus built from mass timber, for a local whiskey distillery. The Pritzker Prize-winning architect has been chosen to transform the 420-acre (170-hectare) Cedar Creek Quarry in Kentucky’s Bardstown into a campus dedicated to the production of bourbon. Across a landscaped setting, called Kentucky Owl Park, Ban will design rickhouses for ageing the spirit, a bottling centre, and a distillery. Ban’s designs are intended to mimic 19th