short biography

Tadao Ando (born in Osaka in 1941) is one of the best-known Japanese architects. His architecture combines elements of the Japanese tradition with those of modernity. He acquired his knowledge in self-study and founded his office, Tadao Ando Architect & Associates in Osaka in 1969. He was a professor at Tokyo University until 2003 and taught at American universities Harvard, Yale and Columbia. In 1995 he won the Pritzker Prize.

buildings
1975 Azuma House( Row House), Osaka
1977 Glass Block House, Ikuno, Osaka
1979 Koshino House, Tokyo
1983, 93, 99 Rokko Haus I, II und III, Kobe / Hyogo / Japan
1984 Festival Naha, Okinawa
1985 Église sur l'eau, Hokkaido / Japan
1986 Chapelle sur le Mont Rokko, Kobe / Japan
1988 Children´s Museum,Himeji, Hyogo / Japan
1989 Church of Light, Osaka
1991 Musée de la litterature d´Himeji, Hyogo / Japan
1992 Expo Séville - Pavillon du Japon
1992 Benesse Art Site Naoshima - Benesse House / Japan
1993 Usine pour la société Benetton, Trévise / Italien
1993 Vitra Design Museum - Weil am Rhein, Seminarhaus
1994 Espace de méditation UNESCO, Paris
1995 Oyamazaki Museum, Otoguni-gun, Kyoto
1995 Suntory Museum, Osaka
1995 Benesse Art Site Naoshima - Benesse House Erweiterungsbau / Japan
2000 Komyo-ji Temple, Saijo, Ehime
2001 Teatro Armani, Mailand
2001 The Pulitzer Foundation, Saint Louis / Missouri
2002 Modern Art Museum, Fort Worth / Texas
2004 Langen Foundation Hombroich, Neuss
2004 Benesse Art Site Naoshima - Chichu Art Museum / Japan
2005 Omotesando Hills, Tokyo
2008 Stonehill Center, Extension, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts
2010 Steinskulpturenmuseum of the Fondation Kubach-Wilmsen, Bad Münster am Stein

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