Tadao Ando
(1941) Japanese architect (born 1941)
Tadao Ando (Japan, b. 1941) is listed in the catalogue as an architect. By year of birth, Tadao Ando belongs to the chapter ‘The present day’ in this site’s history of architecture.
Tadao Ando was born in Minato-ku. Tadao Ando trained at Osaka University of Arts. Tadao Ando became a member of Royal Academy of Arts and Académie d'architecture. The awards include Royal Gold Medal, Pritzker Architecture Prize, Order of Culture, and Alvar Aalto Medal.
The best-known works include ‘Honpuku-ji Temple’, ‘Row House in Sumiyoshi’, and ‘Fabrica research centre’. The catalogue has 22 buildings by Tadao Ando. The dated buildings span the years 1891–2020. The buildings are in places such as Naoshima, Awaji, Ibaraki, Wakinohama Kaigandōri, and Sumiyoshi-ku. They are in 4 countries. According to Wikidata, buildings by Tadao Ando belong to the ‘Post-war modernism’ style.
Contemporary architects in the same chapter include Kikō Mozuna, Armen Haghnazarian, Adolfo Natalini, Vlado Milunić, and David Childs.
- Church of the Light
- Hyōgo Prefectural Museum of Art
- Row House in Sumiyoshi
- Chichu Art Museum
- Kumamoto Station
- Nagaragawa Convention Center
- 21 21 DESIGN SIGHT
- Omotesando Hills
- Ryūō Station
- Awaji Yumebutai
- Osaka Prefectural Chikatsu Asuka Museum
- Langen Foundation
- Kumamoto Prefectural Ancient Burial Mound Museum
- Akita Museum of Art
- Gunma Insect World
- Saka no Ue no Kumo Museum
- Onomichi City Museum of Art
- Chapel on the Water
- Awaji Greenhouse
- Lee Ufan Museum
- Asia University Museum of Modern Art
- He Art Museum