Japanese - Architect | September 13, 1941 -
You can't really say what is beautiful about a place, but the image of the place will remain vividly with you.
Tadao Ando
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The level of detail and craft is something that's inscribed within the original design concept. And so when I begin to draw, I know what kind of detailing I want the building to have.
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There is a role and function for beauty in our time.
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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 and literature.
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My hand is the extension of the thinking process - the creative process.
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In the West there has always been the attempt to try make the religious building, whether it's a Medieval or Renaissance church, an eternal object for the celebration of God. The material chosen, such as stone, brick, or concrete, is meant to eternally preserve what is inside.
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Japanese traditional architecture is created based on these conditions. This is the reason you have a very high degree of connection between the outside and inside in architecture.
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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 while thinking of these things.
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Japanese architecture is traditionally based on wooden structures that need renovating on a regular basis.
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Since I am a Japanese man who's been building through the experience of Japanese architecture, my actual designs come from Japanese architectural concepts, although they're based on Western methods and materials.
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If there is only one culture all over the world, that's not a good thing.
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At the same time, I would add that the American people have a lot of courage.
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