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Tadao Ando (安藤 忠雄, Andō Tadao, born 13 September 1941) is a Japanese autodidact architect whose approach to architecture and landscape was categorized by architectural historian Francesco Dal Co as "critical regionalism". He is the winner of the 1995 Pritzker Prize.
Sep 13, 2019 · To better understand the self-taught talents of Japan’s most influential modern architect, we’ve put together a crash course in everything Ando. From how his beginnings as a sportsman and truck driver shaped his work, to the 10 Tadao Ando buildings you should visit while you’re in Japan.
Jan 23, 2024 · Tadao Ando is a prominent contemporary Japanese architect known for his minimalist concrete buildings focusing on the interplay of light, wind, and space. He was born on Saturday, September 13, 1941, in Osaka, Japan, where he grew up and continues to be based today.
Tadao Andō (born September 13, 1941, Ōsaka, Japan) is one of Japan’s leading contemporary architects. He is best known for his minimalist concrete buildings. Andō had various careers, including professional boxer, before he became a self-taught architect and opened his own practice in Ōsaka in 1969.
Tadao Ando, a self-taught architect and the 1995 recipient of the Pritzker Prize, has designed buildings that are beloved the world over.
May 1, 2021 · Japanese architect Tadao Ando is well known for his masterful use of concrete structures in harmony with natural elements. The beauty of Ando’s architecture often relates to how man-made design takes a back seat to sunlight, wind, water, or landscape.
Nov 29, 2022 · Nearly two decades later, Tadao Ando’s latest showstopper is equally career-redefining: a redesign of the Bourse de Commerce building in Paris that was converted into a museum...
Born in 1941 in Osaka, Japan, Tadao Ando is often cited as one of the greatest living architects. Here are 5 things you should know.
Mar 28, 2024 · If there is any consistent factor in his work, says Pritzker-winning architect Tadao Ando, then it is the pursuit of light. Ando’s complex choreography of light fascinates most when the viewer...
Oct 19, 2018 · Acclaimed Japanese architect Tadao Ando has cultivated a visually rich, modern aesthetic that is truly his own. By balancing aspects of modernism with Japanese principals of design, Ando has been able to carve an impressive name for himself in the architecture world.
