Tadao Ando

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Tadao Ando is a Japanese architect known for minimal concrete buildings that use natural light, geometry, and spatial sequencing to create serene environments. Self-taught, Ando draws from Japanese tradition, Zen philosophy, and modernist discipline. Works such as the Church of the Light, Row House, and Chichu Art Museum emphasize the interplay of light and shadow, solid and void.

His architecture is celebrated for its purity, restraint, and emotional resonance.

Tadao Ando is a Japanese architect known for minimalist concrete buildings shaped by light, shadow, and meditative proportion.

Tadao Ando is a Japanese architect known for serene concrete architecture defined by precise geometry and luminous spatial calm.

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