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Last Updated Jan, 2008 |

| 1941 |
Born in Osaka, Japan |
| 1962-69 |
Self-educated in architecture |
| 1969 |
Established Tadao Ando Architect & Associates |
| 1997 |
Professor, The University of Tokyo |
| 2005- |
Special University Emeritus Professor, The University of Tokyo |
Representative Works
| 1976 |
Row House of Sumiyoshi, Osaka, Osaka |
| 1981 |
Koshino House, Ashiya, Hyogo |
| 1989 |
Church of the Light, Ibaraki, Osaka |
| 1999 |
Awaji-Yumebutai (Awaji Island Project), Higashiura, Hyogo |
| 2002 |
Mordern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, U.S.A. |
| 2006 |
Omotesando Hills (Omotesando Regeneration Project), Shibuya, Tokyo |
| 2008 |
Fukutake Hall, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo
Tokyu Toyoko-Line Shibuya Station, Shibuya, Tokyo |
Awards
| 1979 |
Annual Prize, Architectural Institute of Japan “Row House of Sumiyoshi” |
| 1993 |
Japan Art Academy Prize |
| 1995 |
The Pritzker Architecture Prize, U.S.A. |
| 1996 |
The 8th Premium Imperiale, Japan |
| 2002 |
Gold Medal of the American Institute of Architects, U.S.A. |
| 2005 |
Gold Medal of Union Internationale des Architectes |
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