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Tadao Ando
Creating buildings that use concrete, light and space with unusual restraint.
Azuma House · Church of the Light
- Born
- 13 September 1941
- Birthplace
- Osaka, Japan
More people
Tadao Ando
Tadao Ando is a Japanese architect whose self-taught practice developed an internationally influential architectural language.
Early life
Osaka upbringing
Grew up around small workshops and construction sites.
Independent learning
Worked as a boxer and studied buildings through travel and reading.
Career
- 1969
Own practice
Established his architecture office in Osaka.
- 1970s–1980s
Major recognition
Built houses and religious buildings that attracted international attention.
- 1995 onward
Global career
Received the Pritzker Prize and continued museum and cultural projects.
Selected buildings
Azuma House
Organised a narrow urban home around an open courtyard.
Church of the Light
Used a cross-shaped opening to transform a concrete interior.
Chichu Art Museum
Placed much of the museum underground.
Beyond architecture
Teaching
Has taught and lectured internationally.
Landscape
His work often treats movement through nature as part of a building’s experience.
Sources & photo credit
Life, career and references ↗Pritzker Prize: Tadao Ando ↗Photo: Christopher Schriner from Köln, Deutschland. CC BY-SA 2.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
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