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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. He donated the $100,000 prize money to the orphans of the 1995 Kobe earthquake.

Tadao Ando's 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.

• 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)
• Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, 2002 [7]
• Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas, 2002 [8]
• Piccadilly Gardens, Manchester, UK, 2003
• 4x4 house, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan, 2003
• Chichu Art Museum, Naoshima, Kagawa prefecture, Japan, 2004 [9]
• Langen Foundation, Hombroich near Neuss, Germany, 2004 [10]
• Morimoto restaurant in the Chelsea Market, his first project in Manhattan, opened January 2006.
• Omotesando Hills, Jingumae 4-Chome, Tokyo, Japan, 2006

• 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 [11]

• 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

• 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

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