Possibly my favorite architect, I really know too little to make a definitive statement. Again, there's not a whole lot of info to be found on Ando, not as bad as Lautner but pretty sad anyway. Google and Yahoo both list like 3 pages in their directories. Possibly, when and if I find the time, I'll get some nice books on his work, scan some quality pictures and create a local page(s) on Ando's work. The work is so beautiful it needs to be flaunted. In yours truly's humble opinion, of course. If you have any fresh links or comments, send them to aggregat4 (at) gmail (dot) com.

Links - Awards : list | Carlsberg Architectural Prize 1992 | Pritzker Prize laureate | 7th International Design Award - About Tadao Ando : thoughts on Tadao Ando (occasion: Pritzker prize) | short piece | Tadao Ando: A Master of Mystical Places (Pritzker Prize) | article in Chech - Biography : timeline [1] | timeline [2] | short bio [1] | short bio [2] | short bio [3] | short bio [4] - Bibliography : list of works relating to Ando | The Colours of Light | Church on Water, Church of the Light | Architectural Monographs 14 | Operator Theory and Complex Analysis : Workshop on Operator Theory and Complex Analysis Sapporo | Science and Technology of Mesoscopic Structures | Rokko Housing 1-2-3 | Sketches | Transport Phenomena in Mesoscopic Systems : Proceedings of the 14th Taniguchi Symposium, Shima, Japan, November 10-14, 1991 (Springer Series in Solid) | Tadao Ando by Philip Jodidio | Dormant Lines [foreword] - e-texts : Abstraction and Transcendence: Nature, Shintai, and Geometry in the Architecture of Tadao Ando (dissertation, first 25 pages free) - Exhibitions : The Colours of Light press release - Galleries : Max Protetch Gallery - Photos of self : older pic | newer pic - Photos of work : Suntory museum, Japan Pavillion at 92 expo, Naoshima Contemporary Art Museum and Rokko Housing I & II | tiny gallery [4 pics] | various projects | unidentified - Studies: The Stairs of Kyoto | use of concrete in art - Various : designer Crystal Siemens inspired by Ando

Works I House interior [pic 1] interior [pic 2] Azuma House concise summary, 3d model, no pics [pic 1] walkway [pic 2] [pic 3] [pic 4] [pic 4] Benetton Research Center description colonnade [pic with caption] mirroring water [pic with caption] auditorium [pic with caption] Chapel on Mount Rokko overview with 3D pictures [Italian] Daylight & Building design: case study Chikatsu-Asuka Museum (Osaka Pref.) official site practical info staircase [pic] Church on the Water plan elevation approach entry glass cube four crosses antechamber chapel perspective benches pond frozen lake [pic] lake and church [pic] main cross [edited pic] window [edited pic] concrete [edited pic] lake and church [pic] plan [pic] low quality BW [pic] sketch 3D rendering [multiple pics] Church of the Light Church used as Computer Graphics project Daylight & Building design: Case Study Study on light in architecture VRML model Architectural simulations [MOV] Conference Pavillion Vitra article in German [Part 1, some pics] article in German [part 2, some pics] Daylight Museum practical info hallway [pic] Festival concise summary, 3d model, no pics Japanese Pavillion, Seville Expo picture and plans Kidosaki House house as subject for Computer Graphics simulation Lotus Temple (Awaji Islands) essay Nakayama House description and small pics Naoshima Contemporary Art Museum tiny description and pics large gallery [pic with caption] stone wall [pic with caption] elliptic hotel [pic with caption] New Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth press release summary construction report views of the museum Rokko Housing One concise summary, 3d model, no pics Suntory Museum Tempozan official site practical info description [some corporate self-promo] frontal [pic] Cross Reference (local) John Lautner