Tadao Ando Architect

Tadao Ando (安藤 忠雄, Andō Tadao, born September 13, 1941) is a Japanese self-taught architect whose approach to architecture and landscape was categorized by architectural historian Francesco Dal Co as "critical regionalism".

Personal facts

Tadao Ando
Birth dateSeptember 13, 1941
Birth place
Minato-ku Osaka , Osaka

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Architect

Awards
Pritzker Architecture Prize
Royal Institute of British Architects
Cal Poly Pomona College of Environmental Design
AIA Gold Medal
Alvar Aalto Medal
Significant building
Osaka
Church of the Light
Significant project
Kobe

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Tadao Ando on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://archrecord.construction.com/people/interviews/archives/0205Ando.asp
  2. http://www.culturalprofiles.net/japan/Units/3015.html
  3. http://www.greatbuildings.com/architects/Tadao_Ando.html
  4. http://www.minimalisti.com/architecture/01/minimalist-architect-tadao-ando.html
  5. http://www.tadao-ando.com/index_eng.html