Tadao Ando is one of the world’s most renowned contemporary architects. His work is characterised by expanses of unadorned concrete combined with large openings, often integrating natural elements. Tadao’s many notable buildings include Row House in Sumiyoshi, Osaka (1976), for which he was awarded the Annual Prize of Architectural Institute of Japan in 1979. He also designed the Church of the Light in Osaka (1989), the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts in St Louis, Missouri (2001), Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas (2002), and La Bourse de Commerce in Paris (2020). Most recently, he has designed the National Museum of Uzbekistan in Tashkent (set to open in 2028) and a gallery for a permanent installation by sculptor Anthony Gormley at Museum SAN in Wonju, South Korea (2025). Tadao received the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1995 and the Japanese Order of Culture in 2010. He has been a visiting professor at Yale University; Columbia University; University of California, Berkeley; and Harvard University.