Tadao Ando

My objective is to design a space that nobody else can come up with while using the material that anyone can use.

— Tadao Ando

In Architecture there is a part that is the result of Logical Reasoning and a part that is created through the Senses.…

— Tadao Ando

Spiritual space is lost in gaining convenience. I saw the need to create a mixture of Japanese spiritual culture and modern western…

— Tadao Ando

Without this spirit, Modernist architecture cannot fully exist. Since there is often a mismatch between the logic and the spirit of Modernism,…

— Tadao Ando

Japanese architecture is traditionally based on wooden structures that need renovating on a regular basis.

— Tadao Ando

The computer offers another kind of creativity. You cannot ignore the creativity that computer technology can bring. But you need to be…

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No matter how advanced society becomes, institutionally or technologically, a house in which nature can be sensed represents for me the ideal…

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In Italy, there are so many significant architectural structures in history such as the Pantheon in Rome, or the Duomo.

— Tadao Ando

I think architecture becomes interesting when it has a double character, that is, when it is as simple as possible but, at…

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The speed of change makes you wonder what will become of architecture.

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But in Japan, there's nothing like that, since the temple is made of wood. The divine spirit inside the building is eternal,…

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I hope that America as a whole, and especially its architects, will become more seriously involved in producing a new architectural culture…

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I am interested in things happening around me, and I need to understand what's going on in other artistic sectors like music…

— Tadao Ando

I like ruins because what remains is not the total design, but the clarity of thought, the naked structure, the spirit of…

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I believe that the way people live can be directed a little by architecture.

— Tadao Ando

As long as you have an objective in your mind you are young.

— Tadao Ando

I don't believe architecture has to speak too much. It should remain silent and let nature in the guise of sunlight and…

— Tadao Ando

All those involved in the construction of an architectural design, from the architect to the builder, have an attachment to the architecture,…

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You always want to try to make something new, and, of course, America is the world leader in economics today.

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I hope America can also be the cultural leader of the world, and use this frontier spirit to lead and show others…

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All architecture has a public nature, I believe, so I would like to make a public space.

— Tadao Ando

People tend not to use this word beauty because it's not intellectual - but there has to be an overlap between beauty…

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You cannot simply put something new into a place. You have to absorb what you see around you, what exists on the…

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I think of the past and the future as well as the present to determine where I am, and I move on…

— Tadao Ando

If you give people nothingness, they can ponder what can be achieved from that nothingness.

— Tadao Ando