Quote by Tadao Ando
Japanese architecture is traditionally based on wooden structures

Japanese architecture is traditionally based on wooden structures that need renovating on a regular basis. – Tadao Ando

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You cannot simply put something new into a place. You have to absorb what you see around you, what exists on the land, and then use that knowledge along with contemporary thinking to interpret what you see. – Tadao Ando

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If I can create some space that people havent experienced before and if it stays with them or gives them a dream for the future, thats the kind of structure I seek to create. – Tadao Ando

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But now, more and more, its society is concerned with economy and finance. – Tadao Ando

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The Romans were not inventors of the supporting arch, but its extended use in vaults and intersecting barrel shapes and domes is theirs. – Harry Seidler

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