Tadao Ando Quotes About Design

Quotes about: Design

• It wasn't that I had any great dream of being an architect. I just wanted to make things. Whether it was furniture, painting, interior design, or architecture. I just wanted to create something.

  Tadao Ando

  Life, Positive, Dream

• 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.

  Tadao Ando

  Attachment, Design, Architecture

  "Talk Asia" with Anjali Rao, www.cnn.com. April 12, 2007.

• 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.

  Tadao Ando

  Men, Design, Architecture

  "Talk Asia" with Anjali Rao, www.cnn.com. April 12, 2007.

• When I design buildings, I think of the overall composition, much as the parts of a body would fit together. On top of that, I think about how people will approach the building and experience that space.

  Tadao Ando

  Thinking, Space, People

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Tadao Ando

  Space, Design, Use

  "Interview: Architect Tadao Ando on the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth". Interview with Peter Simek, www.dmagazine.com. October 23, 2012.

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

  Tadao Ando

  Badass, Bad Ass, Design

• Italy is full of historical buildings. And Europe holds a great history of philosophy from Greece until today. I read all those books and see these buildings, and I think of where I stand when I design my architecture.

  Tadao Ando

  Philosophy, Book, Thinking

  "Talk Asia" with Anjali Rao, www.cnn.com. April 12, 2007.

• 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.

  Tadao Ando

  Design, Details, Levels

  Interview with Architectural Record, www.coldbacon.com. May 2002.

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