Architecture

The Architect Ando Tadao

建築家安藤忠雄

Ando Tadao (Author)

Kim Kwang-hyun (Advisor)

Lee Kyu-won (Translator)

2009. 11. 20. 428 pages 130×170 mm Hardcover 9788970594255 KRW 20,000

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The First Autobiography of Ando Tadao: A Master of Architecture and Guerrilla Architect Who Pushes Boundaries

A Message of Hope from Ando Tadao, Who Has Battled Architecture for 40 Years with the Philosophy of Light and Shadow

“This book is not a tale of glamorous success. If my blunt and unembellished life story inspires even one person in Korea to find courage in life, I will be satisfied. If passion is defined as the freedom of thought, then youth is not a phase of life but a state of mind. I am still living my youth.”

From professional boxer to self-taught architect, Ando’s journey has been filled with challenges and failures. Most of his efforts ended unsuccessfully. Yet, clinging to even the faintest glimmer of possibility, he poured everything into following that small light of hope, living each moment with determination.

For Ando, architecture that brings joy is architecture that challenges the new. It is about persevering through preconceived notions, rigid conventions, and economic constraints, and never ceasing to challenge boundaries. Architecture without challenges cannot move people. This belief is the compass that continues to guide Ando in his approach to architecture.

Ando Tadao

Born 1941 in Osaka, Japan. Self-taught in architecture. Established Tadao Ando Architect & Associates in 1969. Major works include the Church of the Light, Pulitzer Arts Foundation, and Chichu Art Museum. Awarded the Architectural Institute of Japan (AIJ) Prize for the Row House in Sumiyoshi in 1979, Japan Art Academy Prize in 1993, Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1995, Person of Cultural Merit (Japan) in 2003, International Union of ArchitectsUIA Medal in 2005, John F. Kennedy Center Gold Medal in the Arts in 2010, Shimpei Goto Award in 2010, Order of Culture (Japan) in 2010, Commander of the Order of Art and Letters (France) in 2013, Grand Officer of the Order of Merit (Italy) in 2015 , and Isamu Noguchi Award in 2016. Held solo exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in 1991 and Centre Pompidou in 1993. Taught as a visiting professor at Yale University, Columbia University, and Harvard University. Professor at the University of Tokyo from 1997. Professor emeritus of the University of Tokyo since 2003.

Kim Kwang-hyun

He graduated from the Department of Architecture at Seoul National University, studied at the Graduate School of Architecture, and received his PhD from the University of Tokyo Graduate School. For 42 years, he taught and researched architectural design and architectural theory based on the commonness of architecture at the University of Seoul and the Department of Architecture at Seoul National University. He has served as a member of the Presidential Committee on National Architectural Policy, Vice President of the Korean Institute of Architects, President of the Korean Council of Architectural Education, and Principal of the Gdarchischool. He has been honored with the Korean Institute of Architects Award (1997, 2008), the Catholic Art Prize Main Prize (2005), the Korean Institute of Architects Award (2002), the Seoul National University Outstanding Engineering Professor Award (2012), and the Korea Ecological and Environmental Architecture Award (2013).

Lee Kyu-won

She majored in Japanese at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies. She has worked as an editor for many years, organizing books in various fields including science, humanities, and history. She is currently working as a professional translator. He has translated Miyuki Miyabe’s Reason, Seicho Matsumoto’s Masterpiece Short Story Collection, Alaska, A Story Like the Wind, Tadao Ando’s I, Architect, and more than 80 other books.

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