[+] archi works by ANDO

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TADAO ANDO

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tadao ando was born in osaka, japan, in 1941.
he was the first born of twin boys.
from ages 10 to 17 ando spent his time mostly making wood models of ships, airplanes, and moulds, learning the craft from a carpenter whose shop was across the street from his home.
1962-1969, by his early twenties, ando had decided on a self-directed course of architectural study that took him throughout japan to visit temples, shrines, and tea houses, to europe, africa and to the united states. he was studying architecture by going to see actual buildings, and reading books about works of architects such as le corbusier, ludwig mies van der rohe, alvar aalto, frank lloyd wright, and louis kahn before returning to osaka at the age of 28 to open his own studio, tadao ando architect & associates.
tadao ando has been a visiting professor at tokyo university, yale, harvard, and columbia.

Tadao Ando’s body of work is known for the creative use of natural light and for architectures that follow the natural forms of the landscape (rather than disturbing the landscape by making it conform to the constructed space of a building).

some architectural projects:
1976 row house (azuma house) sumiyoshi, osaka
1983 rokko housing I, kobe, hyogo
1988 church of the light, osaka
1989 childrens’ museum, himeji, hyogo
1991 water temple, awaji island, hyogo
1992 japan pavilion expo ’92, seville;
naoshima contemporary art museum, kagawa
1991-1993 vitra conference pavilion, weil am rhein;
factory building for the company benetton in treviso, italy
1995 meditation space, unesco, paris
1998 toto seminar house,
awaji, hyogo; hiroki oda museum, gamo-gun, shiga
1999 rokko housing III, kobe, hyogo
2000 ‘fabrica’ (benetton research center), treviso, italy;
awaji island project, awaji, hyogo
2001 theater for giorgio armani, milan, italy
2002: the modern art museum of fort worth, texas
next to construction: museumfondation pinault, paris

among the many prizes he received:
1979 the annual prize from the architectural institute of japan
1985 5th alvar aalto medal, finnish association of architects
1989 gold medal, french academy of architecture
1992 carlsberg architectural prize, denmark
1995 chevalier de l’ordre des arts et des lettres, france;
pritzker architecture prize
1997 royal gold medal, royal institute of british architects;
officier de l’ordre des arts et des lettres, france

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