Spiritual space is lost in gaining convenience. I saw the need to create a mixture of Japanese spiritual culture and modern western architecture. – Tadao Ando
Japanese architecture is traditionally based on wooden structures that need renovating on a regular basis. – Tadao Ando
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
People tend not to use this word beauty because its not intellectual – but there has to be an overlap between beauty and intellect. – Tadao Ando
Our work is really about taking the best of what is in a place and working that into a project. Wed like to take your vision and goals and weave that into all the bricks and mortar and steel and glass put together, along with all the functional things that we need to make the airport work better. – Curtis W. Fentress