Tadao Ando Design Quotations

All those involved in the construction of an architectural design, from the architect to the builder, have an attachment to the architecture, although it's difficult to quantify the attachment.

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.

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.

I like ruins because what remains is not the total design, but the clarity of thought, the naked structure, the spirit of the thing.

My objective is to design a space that nobody else can come up with while using the material that anyone can use.