Tadao Ando Architect, Japanese Buildings

Tadao Ando Designed He Art Museum Guangdong

Tadao was born in Osaka, Japan and did not train as an architect, initially apparently working as a boxer! In 1970 he established his architecture practice in Osaka. Winner of RIBA Gold Medal 1997, and the AIA Gold Medal in 2002.

English housing: residential buildings England

Clock House Gardens Welwyn, Hertfordshire

English housing – info + images of interesting new UK residential architecture, focused on the key buildings & architects – contemporary English housing: best new domestic buildings in England + innovative UK properties

Gonzalo Mardones Viviani & Asociados Chile

Miele Gallery Building by Gonzalo Mardones Viviani & Asociados

Gonzalo Mardones Viviani & Asociados, Santiago architects office – buildings, Chile architecture: M9 / Memorial for 9 girls, Parque Bicentenario, Vitacura ; Miele Gallery property design

Farnsworth House Illinois: Mies van der Rohe

Farnsworth House, Plano, Illinois, USA

Design: Mies van der Rohe, architect. A Celebration to Benefit the Farnsworth House at the Matthew Rachman Gallery. The National Trust for Historic Preservation wants to protect this celebrated residence from flooding by raising it on a hydraulic lift during storms.