Tadao Ando: Samurai Architect
MovieTitle | Tadao Ando: Samurai Architect |
User score | 0 |
Release date | Apr 25, 2019 |
Genre | Documentary |
Director | Shigenori Mizuno |
Production country | Japan |
Production companies | NHK |
Run time | 73 min. |
Tadao Ando (b.1941) is a world-renowned architect, and a recipient of the Pritzker Architecture Prize. His calm, minimalist architecture with elegant concrete designs reflects the Zen principle of simplicity. In the film he reveals the experience a building should evoke, as he discusses a number of iconic designs, such as The Row House and The Church of Light.