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An exhibition of well-known Japanese architect Tadao Ando's designs is set to kick off in Beijing in mid-October as part of its world tour. The exhibition, which will be heading to the capital from Shanghai, will showcase the master's skillful trick with light.


October 12 will mark the beginning of the three-month building design exhibition from Japan's most active and influential architecture. As the fifth stop on the exhibition's world tour after Paris, Tokyo, Milan and Shanghai, the master's works will find a temporary home at the Beijing Minsheng Art Museum. 

The exhibition will showcase 1:1 replicas of his top three most famous designs: Church on the Water designed in 1988, Church of the Light in 1989 and The Meditation Center the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization built during 1994-95.

About Tadao Ando

Tadao Ando was born in 1941 in Osaka, Japan, and first studied as a boxer and a fighter, while living with his great grandmother. While on a high school trip to Tokyo, the young Ando stumbled across Frank Lloyd Wright’s Imperial Hotel, and he was instantly struck by the power of architecture. Less than two years after graduating from high school, he ended his boxing career in order to pursue architecture.

He studied drawing and interior design in night school courses before travelling to experience the architectural masterworks of architects like Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Frank Lloyd Wright, Louis Kahn, and Le Corbusier (whom he would famously name his dog after). Though never formally taught as an architect, Ando returned to Osaka in 1968 and established Tadao Ando Architects and Associates.