Tadao Ando
Tadao Ando
Tadao Andois a Japanese self-taught architect whose approach to architecture and landscape was categorized by architectural historian Francesco Dal Co as "critical regionalism"...
NationalityJapanese
ProfessionArchitect
Date of Birth13 September 1941
CountryJapan
beauty beautiful beauty-is-skin-deep
You can't really say what is beautiful about a place, but the image of the place will remain vividly with you.
wall mean cities
I create enclosed spaces mainly by means of thick concrete walls. The primary reason is to create a place for the individual, a zone for oneself within society. When the external factors of a city's environment require the wall to be without openings, the interior must be especially full and satisfying.
attachment design architecture
All those involved in the construction of an architectural design, from the architect to the builder, have an attachment to the architecture, although it's difficult to quantify the attachment.
unique japan culture
When you look at Japanese traditional architecture, you have to look at Japanese culture and its relationship with nature. You can actually live in a harmonious, close contact with nature - this very unique to Japan.
architecture wonder speed
The speed of change makes you wonder what will become of architecture.
finance economy concerned
But now, more and more, its society is concerned with economy and finance.
culture world good-things
If there is only one culture all over the world, that's not a good thing.
architecture believe history human lives people public
I believe that architecture is fundamentally a public space where people can gather and communicate, think about the history, think about the lives of human beings, or the world.