Tadao Ando

Osaka, Japan, 13.9.1941 (Osaka, Giappone, 13.9.1941)
Official site: Unknown (Sconosciuto)


Info (Informazioni)

Born (Nato) - 1941, Osaka, Japan.
Education (Educazione) - 1962-69 Self-instruction in Architecture through traveling USA, Europe, Africa.
Career (Carriera) - 1969 Established Tadao Ando Architect & Associates, Osaka, Japan. 1969 Visiting Prof./ Davenport Chair at Yale Univ. 1969 Visiting Prof. at Columbia Univ.
Information (Informazioni) - Japanese architect with office in Osaka (Tadao Ando Architect & Associates).
Awards (Premi) - 1979 Architectural Institute of Japan. 1989 Gold medal of the French Academy of Architecture. 1985 Alvar Aalto medal. 1992 Carlsberg Architectural Prize. 1994 The Japan Art Grand Prix. 1995 The Asahi Prize. 1995 The Pritzker Architecture Prize. 1996 the 8th Praemium Imperiale. 1997 RIBA gold medal.




Most important projects (Progetti principali)

Work (Opera) Tomishima House, Osaka, Japan, 1973

Work (Opera) Row House, Sumiyoshi (Azuma House), Japan, 1973

Work (Opera) Row House, Osaka, Japan, 1975

Work (Opera) Manabe Residence, Osaka, Japan, 1977

Work (Opera) Glass Block House, Osaka, Japan, 1977

Work (Opera) Rokko Housing I, Hyogo, Japan, 1978

Work (Opera) Koshino House, Tokyo, Japan, 1979 - 1981

Work (Opera) Kidosaki House, Tokyo, Japan, 1982

Work (Opera) Church on the Water, Hokkaido, Japan, 1985

Work (Opera) Hyogo Childrens Museum, Himeji, Japan, 1987

Work (Opera) Chapel at Mount, Rokko, Japan, 1987

Work (Opera) Church of Light, Osaka, Japan, 1987

Work (Opera) Naoshima Contemporary Art Museum, Naoshima, Japan, 1988

Work (Opera) Chikatsu-Asuka Historical Museum, Minami-Kawachi, Japan, 1990

Work (Opera) Vitra Conference Pavilion for Vitra, Padiglione delle conferenze, Weil am Rhein, Germany, 1991 - 1993

Work (Opera) Factory building for the company Benetton, Treviso, Italy, 1991 - 1993

Work (Opera) Museum of Wood, Mikata-Gun, Japan, 1991

Work (Opera) Japanese Pavilion Expo 92, Seville, Spain, 1992

Work (Opera) Japanese Screen Gallery Art Institute, Chicago, United States of America, 1992

Work (Opera) Benesse House, Naoshima, Japan, 1992

Work (Opera) Naoshima Contemporary Art Museum, Naoshima, Japan, 1992

Work (Opera) Nariwa Museum, Nariwa-Cho, Japan, 1992

Work (Opera) Museum of Literature II, Himeji, Japan, 1993

Work (Opera) Meditation Space UNESCO, Paris, France, 1994

Work (Opera) Peace Haven, Paris, France, 1995

Work (Opera) Suntory Museum, Osaka, Japan, 1995

Work (Opera) Museum of Wood, Hyogo, Japan, 1996

Work (Opera) Eychaners Residence, Chicago, United States of America, 1997

Work (Opera) Modern Art Museum, Fort Worth, United States of America, 1997

Work (Opera) Rokko Housing III, Kobe, Japan, 1999

Work (Opera) Theater for Giorgio Armani, Milan, Italy, 2001

Work (Opera) The Modern Art Museum, Fort Worth, United States of America, 2002