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Well-Known Japanese Architect Pays First Visit to Vietnam
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by npherald | December 14, 2008 at 01:32 am
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Tadao Ando, a world-famous architect, met with Vietnamese colleagues and students last night in Hanoi.
The National Convention Hall had no empty seat last night. Young architects and thousands of architecture students took advantage of the opportunity to learn about the experiences of and new trends in modern architecture from Tadao Ando.
On the sideline of the meeting, the Japanese architect talked with the local media. (Read more)
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Laughing-Samurai (not verified)at 06:24 on December 14th, 2008
I like the work of Tadeo Ando and his philosophy about architecture. Here in Kobe City we have many buildings designed by him including an art gallery where I held an exhibition. I like his use of natural light and shadows and mostly requires no electric light, except when its dark.
In the original article is a photo but its actually the Hyogo Prefecture Museum located here in Kobe City which is one ofhis biggest projects to date.