ANDÔ Tadao

安藤忠雄 (1941~)

Japanese self-taught architect whose preferred material is the finest exposed concrete, whose formwork panels are sized according to the size of tatami mats | 1941 born in Ôsaka; elder brother of KITAYAMA Kôjirô | 1962-69 travels through United States, Asia and Europe | 1969 opens own office in Ôsaka | 1985 receives “Alvar Aalto Medal” | 1987 teaches at Yale | 1988 teaches at Columbia | 1989 teaches at Harvard | 1995 receives Pritzker Architecture Prize | 1996 honoured by Praemium Imperiale from Japan’s imperial family | 2010 “Order of Culture” (bunka-kunshô)