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Tadao Ando

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Tadao Ando (安藤 忠雄, Andō Tadao, born 13 September 1941) is a Japanese autodidact architect whose approach to architecture and landscape was categorized by architectural historian Francesco Dal Co as "critical regionalism". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tadao Ando has received more than 1,597,159 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia. Tadao Ando is the 35th most popular architect (down from 28th in 2019), the 54th most popular biography from Japan (down from 37th in 2019) and the most popular Japanese Architect.

Tadao Ando is most famous for his minimalist architecture, which is characterized by its use of natural materials, such as concrete and glass. He is also known for his use of asymmetry in his designs.

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  • 3.18

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Tadao Ando ranks 35 out of 518. Before him are André Le Nôtre, Adolf Loos, Karl Friedrich Schinkel, Peter Behrens, Carlo Maderno, and Ictinus. After him are Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Rem Koolhaas, Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, Hippodamus of Miletus, I. M. Pei, and Kenzō Tange.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1941, Tadao Ando ranks 29. Before him are Harry Nilsson, Ryan O'Neal, Charlie Watts, Vivienne Westwood, Julia Kristeva, and Jon Lord. After him are Jon Brower Minnoch, Laura Antonelli, Fausto Cercignani, Flórián Albert, Dick Cheney, and Nick Nolte.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Tadao Ando ranks 54 out of 6,245. Before him are Yoshinori Ohsumi (1945), Soichiro Honda (1906), Olivia de Havilland (1916), Chūichi Nagumo (1887), Emperor Ninkō (1800), and Emperor Kōkaku (1771). After him are Koxinga (1624), Isamu Akasaki (1929), Emperor Suizei (-669), Liv Ullmann (1938), Junji Nishikawa (1907), and Empress Michiko (1934).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Japan

Among architects born in Japan, Tadao Ando ranks 1. After him are Kenzō Tange (1913), Arata Isozaki (1931), Fumihiko Maki (1928), Kisho Kurokawa (1934), Shigeru Ban (1957), Kazuyo Sejima (1956), Kengo Kuma (1954), Kunio Maekawa (1905), Kiyonori Kikutake (1928), and Ryue Nishizawa (1966).

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