https://www.architecturalrecord.com/rss/1426 en-us http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17981 Fri, 23 Jan 2026 00:03:04 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/17981-on-naoshima-island-tadao-ando-digs-into-the-earth-to-explore-the-ways-time-and-light-shape-architecture goncharj@bnpmedia.com (Joann Gonchar, FAIA) Built with geometric precision of poured-in-place concrete, the Japanese architect's first Australian commission will serve as the backdrop for arts and culture events through the Antipodean summer and fall.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16602 Tue, 28 Nov 2023 00:11:37 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16602-tadao-andos-mpavilion-10-opens-in-melbourne http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16583 Thu, 09 Nov 2023 21:15:13 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16583-tadao-ando-to-design-performing-arts-center-in-sharjah The Japanese architect said his design for the annual commission began “with a desire to create a sense of eternity within Melbourne’s garden oasis.”

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16253 Fri, 12 May 2023 15:24:54 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16253-design-unveiled-for-tadao-andos-mpavilion-10 MPavilionLead- Aerial-min.jpg Rendering depicting aerial view of the Tadao Ando–designed MPavilion 10 at Queen Victoria Gardens, Melbourne. The commission is Ando's first in Australia. Image courtesy Tadao Ando Architect & Associates 03. Exterior.webp Exterior view rendering of MPavilion 10 by Tadao Ando. Image courtesy Tadao Ando Architect & Associates The forthcoming pavilion at Queen Victoria Gardens is the first Australian project for the 1995 Pritzker laureate known for his work with concrete.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16145 Tue, 14 Mar 2023 17:01:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/16145-tadao-ando-commissioned-to-design-mpavilion-10-in-melbourne Tadao Ando and a team of French architects have turned the cylindrical La Bourse, the onetime commodities exchange of Paris, into a whorling museum.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15124 Mon, 17 May 2021 10:51:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/15124-la-bourse-by-tadao-ando-with-nem La-Bourse-01-B.jpg The stone building was erected in the 18th century and later modified. Photo © Studio Bouroullec Tadao Ando designs and funds a children’s library for his hometown of Osaka.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14957 Thu, 14 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14957-close-up-nakanoshima-childrens-book-forest-by-tadao-ando-architect-associates Nakanoshima-Childrens-Book-Forest-01-B.jpg The Nakanoshima Children’s Book Forest faces the Dojima-gawa River, next to a ceramics museum from 1982 and the Osaka City Central Public Hall, which dates from 1918. Photo © Shigeo Ogawa Studio http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14900 Wed, 02 Dec 2020 00:01:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14900-he-art-museum-by-tadao-ando He-Art-Museum-01-B.jpg The He Art Museum rests in a landscape inspired by traditional Chinese gardens. Photo © HEM An ordinary apartment building on a quiet block in Chicago is revamped as a stunning space for art.

]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13773 Mon, 03 Dec 2018 09:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13773-wrightwood-659-by-tadao-ando-architect-associates The redbrick apartment building sits next door to the same client’s concrete house. Photo © Jeff Goldberg/Esto The soaring atrium and its stair is the pièce de résistance of Ando’s design. Photo © Jeff Goldberg/Esto Ando is photographed inside the new gallery. Photo © Mitchell Canoff The brick-clad atrium culminates in a wood-lined ceiling. Photo © Jeff Goldberg/Esto The inaugural exhibition showcases Ando’s work, including his Chichu Art Museum in Naoshima, Japan. Photo © Jeff Goldberg/Esto For additional strength as well as aesthetics, steel columns were encased in concrete. Photo © Jeff Goldberg/Esto The upper-floor gallery is skylit. Photo © Jeff Goldberg/Esto A story was added to the existing structure, offering views of Chicago’s skyline and of the client’s concrete house next door, also designed by Ando. Photo © Jeff Goldberg/Esto Image courtesy Tadao Ando Architect & Associates Image courtesy Tadao Ando Architect & Associates Image courtesy Tadao Ando Architect & Associates http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13629 Tue, 25 Sep 2018 08:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13629-art-gallery-by-tadao-ando-set-to-open-october-12-in-chicago Photo © Jeff Goldberg/Esto Photo © Jeff Goldberg/Esto Photo © Jeff Goldberg/Esto Photo © Jeff Goldberg/Esto Photo © Jeff Goldberg/Esto Photo © Jeff Goldberg/Esto Photo © Jeff Goldberg/Esto Photo © Jeff Goldberg/Esto A Pritzker Prize–winning architect carves tunnels through a concrete-and-glass box to create a bold theater complex for a burgeoning district in Shanghai.

]]> 1505-poly-grand-theater-tadao-ando-architect-and-associates.asp Sat, 16 May 2015 12:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7368-poly-grand-theater Poly Grand Theater   Five steel-framed “tubes” push through the concrete structure, creating covered, but not enclosed, spaces that can be used for performances or for circulation.   Photo © Shigeo Ogawa Poly Grand Theater   Five steel-framed “tubes” push through the concrete structure, creating covered, but not enclosed, spaces that can be used for performances or for circulation.   Photo © Shigeo Ogawa Poly Grand Theater   The theater complex was designed as a new landmark for Jiading, a fast-developing district about 12 miles from downtown Shanghai.   Photo © Shigeo Ogawa Poly Grand Theater   The main lobby is a six-story-high space topped with a circular skylight.   Photo © Shigeo Ogawa Poly Grand Theater   From its covered terrace, the building offers views of an artificial lake and the surrounding area.   Photo © Shigeo Ogawa Poly Grand Theater   The main foyer connects with the lobby (beyond curved glass on right) as well as the covered terrace.   Photo © Shigeo Ogawa Poly Grand Theater   One of the tubes covers an amphitheater that steps down to the water.   Photo © Shigeo Ogawa Poly Grand Theater   View of amphitheater tube.   Photo © Shigeo Ogawa Poly Grand Theater   Section A-A   Image courtesy Tadao Ando Architect & Associates Poly Grand Theater   Section A-A   Image courtesy Tadao Ando Architect & Associates Poly Grand Theater   Section A-A   Image courtesy Tadao Ando Architect & Associates Poly Grand Theater   Section A-A   Image courtesy Tadao Ando Architect & Associates Poly Grand Theater   Section A-A   Image courtesy Tadao Ando Architect & Associates Poly Grand Theater   Section B-B   Image courtesy Tadao Ando Architect & Associates Poly Grand Theater   Vertical, horizontal, and diagonal tubes run through the square building, creating eliptical openings on the aluminum-and-glass curtain wall.   Image courtesy Tadao Ando Architect & Associates Poly Grand Theater   A sketch shows the theater and a forthcoming multiuse tower, also designed by Ando, that will have hotel, office, and retail spaces.   Image courtesy Tadao Ando Architect & Associates Last month the Clark completed a $145 million campus expansion on its 140-acre site in the Berkshire mountains of Massachsetts. Included is a new visitor center by Tadao Ando Architect & Associates and a renovation of the existing museum by Selldorf Architects.

]]> 1408-visitor-center-clark-art-institute-tadao-ando.asp Sat, 16 Aug 2014 12:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7523-visitor-center-clark-art-institute Vision Center Tadao Ando’s visitor center seems to float on a reflecting pool to the west of the original museum building. According to the master plan, the center forms the new entrance to the Clark campus on the north, removed from the existing buildings on the east. In Ando’s scheme, red granite walls cut diagonally through rectilinear volumes to frame views and define edges of the outdoor spaces.   Photo © James Ewing Vision Center Tadao Ando’s visitor center seems to float on a reflecting pool to the west of the original museum building. According to the master plan, the center forms the new entrance to the Clark campus on the north, removed from the existing buildings on the east. In Ando’s scheme, red granite walls cut diagonally through rectilinear volumes to frame views and define edges of the outdoor spaces.   Photo © James Ewing Vision Center Red granite walls define the new entrance on the north side of the campus and Tadao Ando’s visitor center.   Photo © James Ewing Vision Center From a portion of the terrace off the lobby on the south side, visitors look into a sunken court that admits light to a café and the lobby downstairs. Along the south-facing glass wall, Ando placed freestanding reinforced-concrete walls with large openings to frame the view of the pool and the landscape.   Photo © James Ewing Vision Center Ando designed the crisp, smooth planes to contrast strikingly with the rolling hills of the Berkshires landscape yet direct the gaze up to them. As visitors enter the ground-floor lobby of the steel-framed-and-reinforced-concrete structure, they find that an open stair leads to a lower level.   Photo © James Ewing vis Ando deployed freestanding concrete walls, shallow pools, and glass planes with a masterful syncopation reminiscent of Mies van der Rohe.   Photo © James Ewing Vision Center The shallow pool, a void, functions as the center of Ando’s choreography of stone, concrete, and glass on the south elevation, revealed in layers from the entrance lobby.   Photo © James Ewing Vision Center Within the visitor center, a multipurpose space features the exhibition Cast for Eternity: Ancient Ritual Bronzes from the Shanghai Museum, open until September 21. The Clark asked Annabelle Selldorf, the architect for the renovation of the museum next door, to design the installation. Her elegantly proportioned glass vitrines and translucent enclosing screens create a well-mannered setting that defers graciously to Ando’s architecture.   Photo © James Ewing Vision Center Within the visitor center, a multipurpose space features the exhibition Cast for Eternity: Ancient Ritual Bronzes from the Shanghai Museum, open until September 21. The Clark asked Annabelle Selldorf, the architect for the renovation of the museum next door, to design the installation. Her elegantly proportioned glass vitrines and translucent enclosing screens create a well-mannered setting that defers graciously to Ando’s architecture.   Photo © James Ewing Vision Center Image courtesy Tadao Ando Architect & Associates with Gensler Vision Center Image courtesy Tadao Ando Architect & Associates with Gensler Visitor Center, Clark Art Institute Image courtesy Tadao Ando Architect & Associates with Gensler Visitor Center, Clark Art Institute Image courtesy Tadao Ando Architect & Associates with Gensler Visitor Center, Clark Art Institute Image courtesy Tadao Ando Architect & Associates with Gensler A building within a building, the Ando Museum celebrates work on the Inland Sea island of Naoshima by one of Japan’s most influential architects.

]]> 1312-ando-museum-tadao-ando-architect-and-associates.asp Mon, 16 Dec 2013 12:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7514-ando-museum Japan’s Ando Museum is located under the skin of an old house in Naoshima. Ando MuseumTadao Ando Architect & AssociatesNaoshima, JapanJapan’s Ando Museum is located under the skin of an old house in Naoshima.Photo © Shigeo Ogawa It comprises a series of concrete spaces by Ando, culminating in a below-grade meditation chamber. Ando MuseumTadao Ando Architect & AssociatesNaoshima, JapanIt comprises a series of concrete spaces by Ando, culminating in a below-grade meditation chamber.Photo © Shigeo Ogawa Ando built a concrete box within the old walls, leading visitors from a somewhat traditional entrance into the main galleries, where photos and a model of his work are on display. One wall tilts towar Ando MuseumTadao Ando Architect & AssociatesNaoshima, JapanAndo built a concrete box within the old walls, leading visitors from a somewhat traditional entrance into the main galleries, where photos and a model of his work are on display. One wall tilts toward the ridge beam for a sense of openness.Photo © Shigeo Ogawa Sunlight streams through a new skylight in the wood roof. Ando MuseumTadao Ando Architect & AssociatesNaoshima, JapanSunlight streams through a new skylight in the wood roof.Photo © Shigeo Ogawa Adjacent to the museum entrance, what appears to be a conical sculpture in the courtyard is actually a skylight that illuminates Ando’s underground meditation chamber. Ando MuseumTadao Ando Architect & AssociatesNaoshima, JapanAdjacent to the museum entrance, what appears to be a conical sculpture in the courtyard is actually a skylight that illuminates Ando’s underground meditation chamber.Photo © Shigeo Ogawa Before descending to the 9-foot-round room, museumgoers can enter a third gallery, next to the stairway. Enclosed by a vaulted ceiling, this space is punctuated by slender apertures, in both i Ando MuseumTadao Ando Architect & AssociatesNaoshima, JapanBefore descending to the 9-foot-round room, museumgoers can enter a third gallery, next to the stairway. Enclosed by a vaulted ceiling, this space is punctuated by slender apertures, in both its internal and external walls, that control daylight and views for dramatic effect.Photo © Shigeo Ogawa Before descending to the 9-foot-round room, museumgoers can enter a third gallery, next to the stairway. Enclosed by a vaulted ceiling, this space is punctuated by slender apertures, in both i Ando MuseumTadao Ando Architect & AssociatesNaoshima, JapanBefore descending to the 9-foot-round room, museumgoers can enter a third gallery, next to the stairway. Enclosed by a vaulted ceiling, this space is punctuated by slender apertures, in both its internal and external walls, that control daylight and views for dramatic effect.Photo © Shigeo Ogawa Ando Museum Ando MuseumTadao Ando Architect & AssociatesNaoshima, JapanImage courtesy Tadao Ando Architect & Associates Ando Museum Ando MuseumTadao Ando Architect & AssociatesNaoshima, JapanImage courtesy Tadao Ando Architect & Associates Mixing materials and methods from the vernacular and the modern, a Japanese architect creates a timeless retreat for the sculpture of two German artists. 

]]> 1302-stone-sculpture-museum-tadao-ando.asp Fri, 15 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/7410-stone-sculpture-museum Stone Sculpture Museum The simplicity of the forms belies a complex approach to blurring and contrasting old and new elements.   Photo © Shigeo Ogawa Stone Sculpture Museum Ando used concepts taken from Japanese gardens to design the courtyards on either side of the 2,315 square-foot museum.   Photo © Shigeo Ogawa Stone Sculpture Museum Timbers from an old barn were used for the new roof.   Photo © Shigeo Ogawa Stone Sculpture Museum Timbers from an old barn were used for the new roof.   Photo © Shigeo Ogawa Stone Sculpture Museum Timbers from an old barn were used for the new roof.   Photo © Shigeo Ogawa Stone Sculpture Museum Timbers from an old barn were used for the new roof.   Photo © Shigeo Ogawa Stone Sculpture Museum Timbers from an old barn were used for the new roof.   Photo © Shigeo Ogawa Stone Sculpture Museum Image courtesy Tadao Ando Stone Sculpture Museum Photo © Shigeo Ogawa Stone Sculpture Museum Photo © Shigeo Ogawa Stone Sculpture Museum Photo © Shigeo Ogawa Stone Sculpture Museum Photo © Shigeo Ogawa An installation space dedicated to design, 21_21 DESIGN SIGHT is Tadao Ando’s concrete contribution to Tokyo Midtown.

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