Tadao Ando
- In this Japanese name, the family name is Ando.
Tadao Ando is a Japanese architect. He was born in Osaka in 1941. Before he designed buildings, he had many other important experiences in his life. He became a professional boxer as a teenager and spent time in Thailand fighting. He then traveled around the world to learn about buildings. Ando became successful in the 1970s and has built buildings all over the world.
| Tadao Ando | |
 Tadao Ando (2004) | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Name | Tadao Ando |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Birth date | 13 September 1941
(aged 84) |
| Birth place | Minato-ku, Osaka, Japan |
| Work | |
| Buildings | Row House, Sumiyoshi, 1979 Church of the Light, Osaka, 1989 |
| Projects | Rokko Housing I, II, III, Kobe, 1983-1999 |
| Awards | Alvar Aalto Medal, 1985 Pritzker Prize, 1995 |
In 1995, Ando won the Pritzker Prize in 1995.[1]
Tadao Ando Media
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, showing the restaurant
Galleria Akka, Osaka, 1988
Connaught Hotel and Mayfair House in front of Tadao Ando's Fountain 'Silence'
Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Kobe
The Church of the Light in Ibaraki, Osaka
The main entrance of Kaminoge Station on the Tokyu Oimachi Line
The interior of the Omotesando Hills shopping complex in Tokyo
Photo of "The Table of Pirosmani" sculpture by Tadao Ando
Blue Rose in the Cube Study 1 shown in "The Challenge" Armani/Silos exhibition in 2019
Langen Foundation.
References
- ↑ Pritzker Architecture Prize, "Tadao Ando, 1995 Laureate"; retrieved 2013-3-27.
Further reading
- Ando, (2006) Taschen Books, Masao Furuyama, ISBN 978-3-8228-4895-1.