Tadao Ando – Architect – remains Osaka’s Ando even long after becoming world’s Ando. When he walks down the streets of his native city, people greet him spontaneously. His lectures attract a passionate following. Ando casually engages students, housewives and taxi drivers in conversation, gladly shaking their hands and signing autographs. Also in Asia, Europe and …
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Row House or Azuma House in Sumiyoshi is in Osaka’s shitumachi (“low city”) Sumiyoshi Shrine. In the middle of this working class neighbourhood full of odours of everyday life stands a mute wall. Known as Osaka’s “Deep South” district, this, area is where Ando began his career as an architecture. From the end of the …
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Picture Book Museum’s Architecture The Picture Book Library, also known as Picture Book Museum, located in Iwaki city, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. This renowned architecture masterpiece was designed by architect Tadao Ando. Ando designed this library for three preschools, who intended to use it as a library for the schools themselves. However, visitors keeps pouring in …
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Museum of Wood’s Design and Structural Planning Ando designed a facility called the Museum of Wood in 1994 in a mountainous area of Hyogo Prefecture in Japan. This is a museum that provides an introduction to wood cultures around the world. The task was to create a place that enables visitors to experience a culture …
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[wp_ad_camp_5] [wp_ad_camp_2] Everyone has his/her own notion of spirituality and tries to touch it in his/her unique way. The reason we love Tadao Ando …
Langen Foundation by Tadao Ando Galleries here receive daylight through skylights. At the address – Raketenstation Hombroich 1, 41472 Neuss, Germany you’ll find something which can only be experienced and is difficult to mould in words. The Langen Foundation building in Homborich is a seriously awesome piece of architecture. Let’s get hold of some facts …
The Kidosaki House is a house of great refinement located in a quiet residential district not far from the center of Tokyo, Japan. Its spaces are breathtaking in their sheer beauty. There is little to comment on with respect to this work. The beauty of its spaces leaves the observer at a loss for words. …
Tadao Ando designed the japan Pavilion for the 1992 International Exposition in Seville, Spain. The pavilion is an enormous wooden building. Aim of the Japan Pavilion The aim of the pavilion was to acquaint people in the rest of the world with the traditional aesthetic of japan, an aesthetic based on unadorned simplicity. The mission …
Church of The Light was designed by the architect Tadao Ando and was built with donations from members of the church. The budget was 25 million yen (about US$ 218.000). At first, Ando believed there was not enough money to complete the building. There might be enough to put up the walls but not to …
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