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Tadao Ando

13 September 1941 – present

Tadao Ando is a Japanese architect who taught himself the discipline through travel and self-study after an early period as a boxer. Working chiefly in exposed in-situ concrete, geometry and controlled daylight, he designed buildings including the Row House in Sumiyoshi, the Church of the Light and the Punta della Dogana in Venice. He received the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1995.

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Born in Osaka, Japan
13 September 1941
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Worked as a professional boxer
c. 1958

Fought professionally as a young man before turning to architecture.

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Travelled through the United States, Europe and Africa studying buildings
1962 – 1969

Taught himself architecture by visiting buildings and reading, without formal training.

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Founded Tadao Ando Architect & Associates in Osaka
1969

Established his own practice in his home city.

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Completed the Row House in Sumiyoshi, Osaka
1976

The small concrete house with an open central courtyard brought him early recognition.

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Awarded the Annual Prize of the Architectural Institute of Japan
1979

Received for the Row House in Sumiyoshi.

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Completed the Church of the Light in Ibaraki, Osaka
1989

A concrete chapel whose end wall is cut with a cruciform opening.

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Awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize
1995

He donated the prize money to orphans of the Great Hanshin earthquake.

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Appointed professor of architecture at the University of Tokyo
1997

Taught at the university despite having no architecture degree of his own.

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Completed the conversion of the Punta della Dogana in Venice
2009

Converted the former customs house into a contemporary art museum.

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