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Early Life and Influences Tadao Ando (安藤忠雄, Andō Tadao; born September 13th, 1941 in Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese autodidact architect whose approach to architecture and landscape was categorized by architectural historian Francesco Dal Co as ‘critical regionalism’. He’s recognized for his distinctive fusion of minimalist concrete construction with profound respect for natural surroundings—a philosophy that permeates every facet of his…
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