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• Who is Tadao Ando?

  Tadao Ando is a Japanese architect. Self-taught, he established his own architectural firm in 1968 entitled Tadao Ando Architects and Associates. Ando is known for his sparse but elegant designs that focus on space and light, often taking their direction from the exterior landscape.

• What makes Tadao Ando's concrete buildings so special?

  With his first building in New York, the architect Tadao Ando takes the material to new heights. While architects once considered concrete a building’s underwear—an essential but hidden layer—Tadao Ando’s 1 structures display their concrete with pride.

• What makes Tadao Ando's Church of the light unique?

  Concrete and light. Tadao Ando ‘s principal focus on simplicity and minimalist aesthetics in the Church of the Light is silencing. The church is located in a typical Japanese suburb, a cram of tradition and modernism on the outskirts of Osaka.

• What are the specs of a Tadano AML-C?

  Cwt: 40,100 lb. self-removable counterweight, Misc: Aux. sheave, Tadano AML-C electronic LMI, anti-two block, Telematics machine data logging & monitoring system, tilt cab, work lights, front & rear towing hooks, anemometer, air conditioner, heater, block & ball Contact Seller by Lift Source Machinery LTD. (LSM)

• Why is Rei Ando's architecture so complex?

  Because of this, Ando’s structures are actually quite complex, despite their simple appearance and affinity for preserving open space. An icon of Japanese culture, Ando has constructed most of the buildings in his oeuvre in his native country, and even donated his Pritzker Prize money to orphans of the 1995 Kobe earthquake.

• What does Tadao Ando's design style look like?

  Cast-in-place concrete, burnished metal, wide use of glass and a wall of green plants: all of the main features of Tadao Ando’s philosophy are there.

• What makes Tadao Ando's project at Palazzo Grassi so special?

  Like for the interventions of Palazzo Grassi and Punta della Dogana, Tadao Ando introduces new architectural elements so that the historic building can communicate with its new purpose. Ando’s project is focused on the addition of a new volume, that is a homogeneous concrete cylinder under the dome of the historic building.

• Where did Tadao Ando build the 152 Elizabeth?

  In 2017, in New York, Tadao Ando completed the 152 Elizabeth, a seven-storey residential building in the heart of Nolita. That was the first work by the Japanese architect in the Big Apple.