Tadao Ando
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Tadao Ando is a Japanese architect born in 1941 who is known for his distinctive approach to building design. His work matters because he has significantly influenced contemporary architecture through his innovative use of materials, light, and form.
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- 1941-09-13
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- Towards Light
- Tadao Ando. Sketches, Drawings, and Architecture
- Ando. Complete Works 1975–Today
- Quaderni Di Casebella
- Tadao Ando - le Défi
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Tadao Ando (born September 13, 1941, in Minato-ku, Osaka, Japan and raised in Asahi-ku in the city) is a Japanese architect whose approach to architecture was once categorized by Francesco Dal Co as critical regionalism. Ando has led a storied life, working as a truck driver and boxer prior to settling on the profession of architecture, despite never having taken formal training in the field. He visited buildings designed by renowned architects like Le Corbusier <a href="https://www.last.fm/musi
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Tadoa Ando standing besides his granite-edged water-fountain feature 'Silence' outside the Connaught Hotel and Mayfair House Tadao Ando (安藤 忠雄, Andō Tadao; born September 13, 1941) is a Japanese architect. Self-taught, he is known for his unique integration of architecture and landscape. Architectural historian Francesco Dal Co described his work as an example of "critical regionalism". Ando was awarded the Pritzker Prize in 1995.
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