Tadao Ando - 2002 AIA Gold Medal

Tadao Ando
2002 AIA Gold Medal

“Mr. Ando's buildings embody the timelessness of all enduring architecture, but pay homage to such twentieth century icons as Louis Kahn and Le Corbusier”.
David H. Watkins, FAIA, AIA
Texas Regional Director

On December 6, Japanese architect Tadao Ando, Hon. FAIA, was selected by the National Board of Directors of The American Institute of Architects (AIA) to receive the 2002 AIA Gold Medal award.
The highest honor the AIA confers to an individual, the Gold Medal recognises an individual whose significant body of work has had a lasting influence on the theory and practice of architecture.

Having just visited the Tadao Ando Conference Pavilion (1993) at Vitra in Weil am Rhein we can only say “How right they are”.

Photo: arcspace

Photo: arcspace
Ando imbedded his signature, three leaves, in the cement wall.

Tadao Ando, 60, is the 59th AIA Gold Medallist, joining the ranks of such visionaries as Thomas Jefferson, Frank Lloyd Wright, Louis Sullivan, Le Corbusier, Louis Kahn, I.M. Pei, Cesar Pelli, and 2001 AIA Gold Medal recipient Michael Graves. In recognition of their legacy to architecture, the name of each Gold Medal recipient is chiseled into a granite wall of honor located in the lobby of the AIA headquarters in Washington, D.C.

The new building for the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts in St. Louis, Ando’s first public building in the U.S was inaugurated in October 2001. The three-level, 27,000-square-foot structure houses the enormous private art collection belonging to the Pulitzer Foundation.

The Board also named the Atlanta firm Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback + Associates, Inc. (TVS), as recipient of the 2002 AIA Architecture Firm Award, the highest honor the AIA confers on an architecture firm.

Both Tadao Ando and TVS will be honored at the 2002 American Architectural Foundation Accent on Architecture gala Friday, March 1, 2002, in Washington, D.C.

Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate 1995

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December 17, 2001





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		Tadao Ando 2002 AIA Gold Medal “Mr. Ando's buildings embody the timelessness of all enduring architecture, but pay homage to such twentieth century icons as Louis Kahn and Le Corbusier”. David H. Watkins, FAIA, AIA Texas Regional Director On December 6, Japanese architect Tadao Ando, Hon. FAIA, was selected by the National Board of Directors of The American Institute of Architects (AIA) to receive the 2002 AIA Gold Medal award. The highest honor the AIA confers to an individual, the Gold Medal recognises an individual whose significant body of work has had a lasting influence on the theory and practice of architecture. Having just visited the Tadao Ando Conference Pavilion (1993) at Vitra in Weil am Rhein we can only say “How right they are”. Photo: arcspace Photo: arcspace Photo: arcspace Photo: arcspace Photo: arcspace Photo: arcspace Photo: arcspace Photo: arcspace Photo: arcspace Photo: arcspace Ando imbedded his signature, three leaves, in the cement wall. Tadao Ando, 60, is the 59th AIA Gold Medallist, joining the ranks of such visionaries as Thomas Jefferson, Frank Lloyd Wright, Louis Sullivan, Le Corbusier, Louis Kahn, I.M. Pei, Cesar Pelli, and 2001 AIA Gold Medal recipient Michael Graves. In recognition of their legacy to architecture, the name of each Gold Medal recipient is chiseled into a granite wall of honor located in the lobby of the AIA headquarters in Washington, D.C. The new building for the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts in St. Louis, Ando’s first public building in the U.S was inaugurated in October 2001. The three-level, 27,000-square-foot structure houses the enormous private art collection belonging to the Pulitzer Foundation. The Board also named the Atlanta firm Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback + Associates, Inc. (TVS), as recipient of the 2002 AIA Architecture Firm Award, the highest honor the AIA confers on an architecture firm. Both Tadao Ando and TVS will be honored at the 2002 American Architectural Foundation Accent on Architecture gala Friday, March 1, 2002, in Washington, D.C. Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate 1995 Tadao Ando arcspace features December 17, 2001