Tadao Ando (安藤 忠雄, Andō Tadao; born 13 September 1941) is a Japanese architect.[1][2] Self-taught, he is known for his unique integration of architecture and landscape. Architectural historian Francesco Dal Co described his work as an example of “critical regionalism”. Ando was awarded the Pritzker Prize in 1995. Tadao Ando’s body of work is known for the creative use of natural light and for structures that follow natural forms of the landscape, rather than disturbing the landscape by making it conform to the constructed space of a building. Ando’s buildings are often characterized by complex three-dimensional circulation paths. These paths weave in between interior and exterior spaces formed both inside large-scale geometric shapes and in the spaces between them…Wikipedia!
