Tadao Ando: Architect of Light

Church on the WaterAshiya (1979-81)

CollezzioneTokyo (1989)

Light Space Humanity

Koshino HouseAshiya (1979-81)

Concrete

Oxy UnagidaniOsaka (1986-1987)

Naoshima Contemporary Art MuseumKagawa (1988-92)

Meditation SpaceUNESCO (1995)

Nature Sanctuary

Tadao Ando

Influences: Japanese Tea House; Mies van der Rohe, Lake Shore Drive Apartments; Frank Lloyd Wright, Imperial Hotel; Le Corbusier, Unite d’Habitation

Azuma HouseKobe (1975)

Walls, Light, Wind, Flow

Koshino HouseAshiya (1979-81)

Kidosaki HouseAshiya (1979-81)

Old/New Rokko Restaurant Kobe (1985-86)

Chikatsu-Asuka Historical Museum Osaka (1990-94)

International Library of Children’s LiteratureTokyo (2002)

Pulitzer Foundation for the ArtsSt. Louis (1997-2001)

Pulitzer Foundation for the ArtsSt. Louis (1997-2001)

Rokko HousingKobe (1981-1983, 1985–1989)

Church of the LightIbaraki (1987-89)

Church of the LightIbaraki (1987-89)

Church on the WaterHokkaido (1985-88)

Church on the WaterHokkaido (1985-88)

Nariwa MuseumNariwa (1992-1994)

The Modern Art MuseumFt. Worth (2002)

Naoshima Contemporary Art MuseumKagawa (1988-92)

Children’s MuseumHimeji (1987-89)

Vitra Seminar House, Weil-am-Rhein (1989-93)

“What I have sought to achieve is a spatiality that stimulates the human spirit, awakens the sensitivity and communicates with the deeper soul.” – Tadao Ando