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Tadao Ando Hon RA

Creating Dreams

26 Oct 2007
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Church on the Water, Tomamu, Hokkaido, Japan
Church on the Water, Tomamu, Hokkaido, Japan 1988 by Tadao Ando Architect and Associates

Celebrated Japanese architect Tadao Ando, renowned for his subtle manipulation of light, form and materials, delivers a rare lecture. Ando, a self-taught architect and Honorary Royal Academician, has received countless accolades including the 1995 Pritzker Prize, the AIA Gold Medal and the Japanese Person of Cultural Merit. His recent projects include the renovation of the Palazzo Grassi in Venice and the 21_21 Design Sight in Tokyo. This lecture is consecutively translated.

Kindly supported by the Japanese Committee of Honour of the Royal Academy of Arts

RA, 6 Burlington Gardens, W1; 6.30–8pm

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Alexander Calder, 'Sumac V', 1953, Mobile, painted metal. 125 x 140 cm. Maeght family, Paris. Photo © Galerie Maeght. © Calder Foundation, New York/DACS London 2008

 

Unknown artist, Incense burner in the shape of a church, 10th–11th century. Silver partially gilded, 36 cm. Procuratoria di San Marco, Venezia. Photo per gentile concessione della Procuratoria di San Marco/Cameraphoto Arte, Venice