Tadao Ando

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Azuma House(住吉の長屋）,Osaka, Japan, 1976

The famous Church of the Light in Ibaraki-shi, Osaka, Japan

Church of the Light Sunday school,Osaka, Japan,1989

Galleria akka,Osaka, Japan,1988

The Westin Awaji Island designed by Ando

Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Kobe, Japan

Morimoto restaurant at the Chelsea Market in Manhattan's Meatpacking district designed by Tadao Ando

Times Gallery, Kyoto, Japan, 1983

Rokko Housing One, 1979 and Two, 1991, Kobe, Japan

Mount Rokko Chapel, Kobe, Japan, 1986

Kobe Waterfront Plaza built with the Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Kōbe, Japan, 2002

Tadao Ando (安藤忠雄, Andō Tadao^?, born September 13, 1941 in Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese architect whose approach to architecture was once categorised 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 works primarily in exposed cast-in-place concrete and is renowned for an exemplary craftsmanship which invokes a Japanese sense of materiality, junction and spatial narrative through the pared aesthetics of international modernism.

In 1969, he established the firm Tadao Ando Architects & Associates. In 1995, Ando won the Pritzker Architecture Prize, considered the highest distinction in the field of architecture.^[1] He donated the $100,000 prize money to the orphans of the 1995 Kobe earthquake.^[2]

1 Buildings and works
- 1.1 Completed projects
- 1.2 In progress
2 Awards
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Buildings and works

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). The architect's buildings are often characterized by complex three-dimensional circulation paths. These paths interweave between interior and exterior spaces formed both inside large-scale geometric shapes and in the spaces between them.

His "Row House in Sumiyoshi" (Azuma House), a small two-story, cast-in-place concrete house completed in 1976, is an early work that begins to show elements of his characteristic style. It consists of three equally sized rectangular volumes: two enclosed volumes of interior spaces separated by an open courtyard. By nature of the courtyard's position between the two interior volumes, it becomes an integral part of the house's circulation system.

Ando's housing complex at Rokko, just outside Kobe, is a complex warren of terraces and balconies and atriums and shafts. The designs for Rokko Housing One (1983) and for Rokko Housing Two (1993) illustrate a range of issues in the traditional architectural vocabulary -- the interplay of solid and void, the alternatives of open and closed, the contrasts of light and darkness. More significantly, Ando's noteworthy achievement in these clustered buildings is site specific -- the structures survived undamaged after the Great Hanshin Earthquake of 1995.^[3] New York Times architectural critic Paul Goldberger argues convincingly that "Ando is right in the Japanese tradition: spareness has always been a part of Japanese architecture, at least since the 16th century; [and] it is not for nothing that Frank Lloyd Wright more freely admitted to the influences of Japanese architecture than of anything American."^[3] Like Ando, Wright's site specific decision-making anticipated seismic activity; and like Ando's several Hyōgo-Awaji buildings, Wright's Imperial Hotel in Tokyo did survive the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923.^[4]

[edit] Completed projects

Tomishima House, Osaka, Japan, 1973
Uchida House, 1974
Uno House, Kyoto, Japan, 1974
Hiraoka House, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, 1974
Shibata House, Ashiya, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, 1974
Tatsumi House, Osaka, Japan, 1975
Soseikan-Yamaguchi House, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, 1975
Takahashi House, Ashiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, 1975
Matsumura House, Kobe, Japan, 1975
Row House (Azuma House), Sumiyoshi, Osaka, Japan, 1976
Hirabayashi House, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, 1976
Bansho House, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, 1976
Tezukayama Tower Plaza, Sumiyoshi, Osaka, Japan, 1976
Tezukayama House-Manabe House, Osaka, Japan, 1977
Wall House (Matsumoto House), Ashiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, 1977
Glass Block House (Ishihara House), Osaka, Japan, 1978
Okusu House, Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan, 1978
Glass Block Wall (Horiuchi House), Sumiyoshi, Osaka, Japan, 1979
Katayama Building, Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, 1979
Onishi House, Sumiyoshi, Osaka, Japan, 1979
Matsutani House, Kyoto, Japan, 1979
Ueda House, Okayama Prefecture, Japan, 1979
STEP, Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan, 1980
Matsumoto House, Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, 1980
Fuku House, Wakayama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, 1980
Bansho House Addition, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, 1981
Koshino House, Ashiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, 1981
Kojima Housing (Sato House), Okayama Prefecture, Japan, 1981
Atelier in Oyodo, Osaka, Japan, 1981
Tea House for Soseikan-Yamaguchi House, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, 1982
Ishii House, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, 1982
Akabane House, Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan, 1982
Kujo Townhouse (Izutsu House), Osaka, Japan, 1982
Rokko Housing One, Rokko, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, 1983 map
BIGI Atelier, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan, 1983
Umemiya House, Kobe, Japan, 1983
Kaneko House, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan, 1983
Festival, Naha, Okinawa prefecture, Japan, 1984
TIME'S, Kyoto, Japan, 1984
Koshino House Addition, Ashiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, 1984
MELROSE, Meguro, Tokyo, Japan, 1984
Uejo House, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, 1984
Ota House, Okayama Prefecture, Japan, 1984
Moteki House, Kobe, Japan, 1984
Shinsaibashi TO Building, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, 1984
Iwasa House, Ashiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, 1984
Hata House, Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, 1984
Atelier Yoshie Inaba, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan, 1985
JUN Port Island Building, Kobe, Japan, 1985
Mon-petit-chou, Kyoto, Japan, 1985
Guest House for Hattori House, Osaka, Japan, 1985
Taiyō Cement Headquarters Building, Osaka, Japan, 1986
TS Building, Osaka, Japan, 1986
Chapel on Mount Rokko, Kobe, Japan, 1986
OLD/NEW Rokko, Kobe, Japan, 1986
Kidosaki House, Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan, 1986
Fukuhara Clinic, Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan, 1986
Sasaki House, Minato, Tokyo, Japan, 1986
Main Pavilion for Tennoji Fair, Osaka, Japan, 1987
Karaza Theater, 1987
Ueda House Addition, Okayama Prefecture, Japan, 1987
Church on the Water, Tomamu, Hokkaidō prefecture, Japan, 1988
GALLERIA akka, Osaka, Japan, 1988
Children's Museum, Himeji Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, 1989
Church of the Light, Ibaraki, Osaka prefecture, Japan, 1989 [1] [2] map
COLLEZIONE, Minato, Tokyo, Japan, 1989
Morozoff P&P Studio, Kobe, Japan, 1989
RAIKA Headquarters, Osaka, Japan, 1989
Natsukawa Memorial Hall, Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, 1989
Yao Clinic, Neyagawa, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, 1989
Matsutani House Addition, Kyoto, Japan, 1990
Ito House, Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan, 1990
Iwasa House Addition, Ashiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, 1990
Garden of Fine Arts, Osaka, Japan, 1990
S Building, Osaka, Japan, 1990
Water Temple, Awaji Island, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, 1991 [3] map
Atelier in Oyodo II, Osaka, Japan, 1991
TIME'S II, Kyoto, Japan, 1991
Museum of Literature, Himeji, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, 1991
Sayoh Housing, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, 1991
Minolta Seminar House, Kobe, Japan, 1991
Naoshima Contemporary Art Museum, Naoshima, Kagawa prefecture, Japan, 1995 [4] [5]
Japanese Pavilion for Expo 92, Seville, Spain, 1992
Otemae Art Center, Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, 1992
Forest of Tombs Museum, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, 1992
Rokko Housing Two, Rokko, Kobe, Japan, 1993
Vitra Seminar House, Weil am Rhein, Germany, 1993
Gallery Noda, Kobe, Japan, 1993
YKK Seminar House, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, 1993
Suntory Museum, Osaka, Japan, 1994
MAXRAY Headquarters Building, Osaka, Japan, 1994
Chikatsu-Asuka Historical Museum, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, 1994
Kiyo Bank, Sakai Building, Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, 1994
Garden of Fine Art, Kyoto, Japan, 1994
Museum of wood culture, Kami, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, 1994
Inamori Auditorium, Kagoshima, Japan, 1994
Nariwa Museum, Okayama Prefecture, Japan, 1994
Atelier in Oyodo Annex, Osaka, Japan, 1995
Nagaragawa Convention Center, Gifu, Japan, 1995
Naoshima Contemporary Art Museum Annex, Naoshima, Kagawa Prefecture, Japan, 1995
Meditation Space, UNESCO, Paris, France, 1995
Shanghai Pusan Ferry Terminal, Osaka, Japan, 1996
Museum of Literature II, Himeji, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, 1996
Gallery Chiisaime (Sawada House), Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, 1996
Museum of Gojo Culture & Annex, Gojo, Nara Prefecture, Japan, 1997
TOTO Seminar House, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, 1997
Yokogurayama Natural Forest Museum, Kochi Prefecture, Japan, 1997
Harima Kogen Higashi Primary School & Junior High School, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, 1997
Koumi Kogen Museum, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, 1997
Eychaner/Lee House, Chicago, Illinois, 1997
Daikoku Denki Headquarters Building, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, 1998
Daylight Museum, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, 1998
Junichi Watanabe Memorial Hall, Sapporo, Japan, 1998
Asahi Shimbun Okayama Bureau, Okayama, Japan, 1998
Siddhartha Children and Women Hospital, Butwal, Nepal, 1998
Church of the Light Sunday School, Ibaraki, Osaka Prefecture, Japan, 1999
Rokko Housing III, Kobe, Japan, 1999
Shell Museum, Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, 1999
FABRICA (Benetton Communication Research Center), Treviso, Italy, 2000
Awaji-Yumebutai, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, 2000 map
Rockfield Shizuoka Factory, Shizuoka, Japan, 2000
The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, St. Louis, Missouri, 2001 [6]
Komyo-ji (shrine) Saijo, Ehime prefecture, Japan (2001)
Ryotaro Shiba Memorial Museum, Higashiosaka, Osaka prefecture, Japan, 2001
Teatro Armani-Armani World Headquarters, Milan, Italy 2001
Sakanouenokumo Museum, Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan 2006
Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, 2002 link
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas, 2002 link
Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester, UK, 2003
4x4 house, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan, 2003
Invisible House, Treviso, Italy, 2004
Chichu Art Museum, Naoshima, Kagawa prefecture, Japan, 2004 link
Langen Foundation / Hombroich Museum, Neuss, Germany, 2004] link
Gunma Insect World Insect Observation Hall, Kiryū, Gunma, 2005
Morimoto restaurant in the Chelsea Market, his first project in Manhattan, opened January 2006.
Omotesando Hills, Jingumae 4-Chome, Tokyo, Japan, 2006
House in Shiga, Ōtsu, Shiga, Japan, 2006
Benesse House, Naoshima, Kagawa, Japan, 2006
21_21 Design Sight, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan, 2007

[edit] In progress

House, stable, and mausoleum for former fashion designer Tom Ford , near Santa Fe, New Mexico
Expansion for the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts
Rebuilding the Kobe Kaisei Hospital in Nada Ward, Kobe, Japan
New Tokyo Tower [7]
Capella Niseko [8]

[edit] Awards

Annual Prize (Row House, Sumiyoshi), Architectural Institute of Japan, 1979
Cultural Design Prize (Rokko Housing One and Two), Japan, 1983
Alvar Aalto Medal, The Finnish Association of Architects, 1985
Gold Medal of Architecture, French Academy of Architecture, 1989
Carlsberg Architectural Prize, Denmark, 1992
Japan Art Academy Prize, Japan, 1993
Pritzker Architecture Prize, 1995
Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, France, 1995
Praemium Imperiale First “FRATE SOLE” Award in Architecture, Japan Art Association, 1996
Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, France, 1997
Royal Gold Medal, Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), 1997
AIA Gold Medal, American Institute of Architects (AIA), 2002
UIA 2005 Turkey, Gold Medal...

[edit] References

^ Ando 1995, Prtizker Prize web page.
^ Muschamp, Herbert. (1995). "Among the Fountains with Tadao Ando; Concrete Dreams In the Sun King's Court," New York Times. September 21, 1995.
^ ^a ^b Goldberger, Paul. "Architecture View: 'Laureate' in a Land of Zen and Microchips," New York Times. April 23, 1995.
^ Bassin, Joan. "Frank Lloyd Wright's Imperial Hotel," National Building Museum exhibition.

Francesco Dal Co. Tadao Ando: Complete Works. Phaidon Press, 1997. ISBN 0-7148-3717-2
Kenneth Frampton. Tadao Ando: Buildings, Projects, Writings. Rizzoli International Publications, 1984. ISBN 0-8478-0547-6
Randall J. Van Vynckt. International Dictionary of Architects and Architecture. St. James Press, 1993. ISBN 1-55862-087-7