These are a part of the collection of handwritten original design drawings from the establishment of the office (30 projects), made of about 1400 drawings. Many of them are drawn in pencil on tracing paper, including peculiarly expressed architectural drawings where various elements of architecture are integrated into a single drawing.

ANDO Tadao (1941-)

Self-educated in architecture and established Tadao Ando Architect & Associates. In 1997, professor at the University of Tokyo. Currently, emeritus professor at the University of Tokyo and honorary director of NAMA. Visiting professor of Yale, Columbia, and Harvard University.

Major Works

• 1976　Row House in Sumiyoshi
• 1983　Rokko Housing I
• 1984　TIME’s I
• 1988　Church on the Water
• 1989　Church of the Light
• 1992　Benesse House
• 2000　Awaji-Yume Butai
• 2002　International Library of Children’s Literature, National Diet Library
  Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
• 2004　Chichu Art Museum
• 2006　Omotesando Hills (Omotesando Regeneration Project)
• 2007　21_21 DESIGN SIGHT
• 2009　Punta della Dogana Contemporary Art Center
• 2014　Shanghai Poly Center
• 2020　Nakanoshima Children’s Book Forest
• 2021　Bourse de Commerce-Pinault Collection

Past Exhibitions in NAMA

• Early Drawings of Tadao Ando: Autonomy and Dialogue, 2019