Updated at November 24, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Tadao Ando |
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Birthdate | September 13, 1941 |
Birth Place | Japan |
Age (in 2024) | 83 Years Old |
Zodiac | Virgo |
Occupation | Architect |
Tadao Ando is best known as Architect who has born on September 13, 1941 in Japan. Currently, Tadao Ando is 83 years, 2 months and 11 days old. Tadao Ando will celebrate 84th birthday on Saturday, 13th of September 2025. Below the countdown to Tadao Ando upcoming birthday.
Self-taught architect whose buildings included the Church of Light in Japan and the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. Architectural historian Francesco Dal Co described his work as critical regionalism.
He was employed as a truck driver and boxer before pursuing architecture. He gained his education through travel, visiting the buildings designed by Le Corbusier, Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe, and others. He opened his design studio, Tadao Ando Architect and Associates, in Osaka in 1968.
He was heavily influenced by Japanese culture, emphasizing simplicity and open space.
He was raised by his grandmother while his twin brother was raised by his parents.
He was inspired to pursue architecture after seeing the work of Frank Lloyd Wright on the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo.
Tadao Ando is 83 years old today.
Tadao Ando was born on September 13, 1941 in Japan.
Tadao Ando zodiac sign is Virgo.
Tadao Ando was best known as Architect.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Tadao Ando's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1982 | Spantax Flight 995 crashes at Málaga Airport during a rejected takeoff, killing 50 of the 394 people on board. |
1985 | Super Mario Bros. is released in Japan for the NES, which starts the Super Mario series of platforming games. |
1986 | A magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes Kalamata, Greece with a maximum Modified Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), killing at least 20 and causing heavy damage in the city. |
1987 | Goiânia accident: A radioactive object is stolen from an abandoned hospital in Goiânia, Brazil, contaminating many people in the following weeks and causing some to die from radiation poisoning. |
1988 | Hurricane Gilbert is the strongest recorded hurricane in the Western Hemisphere, later replaced by Hurricane Wilma in 2005 (based on barometric pressure). |
1989 | Largest anti-Apartheid march in South Africa, led by Desmond Tutu. |
1993 | Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin shakes hands with Palestine Liberation Organization chairman Yasser Arafat at the White House after signing the Oslo Accords granting limited Palestinian autonomy. |
1997 | A German Air Force Tupolev Tu-154 and a United States Air Force Lockheed C-141 Starlifter collide in mid-air near Namibia, killing 33. |
2001 | Civilian aircraft traffic resumes in the United States after the September 11 attacks. |
2007 | The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is adopted by the United Nations General Assembly. |
2007 | The McLaren F1 team are found guilty of possessing confidential information from the Ferrari team, fined $100 million, and excluded from the constructors' championship standings. |
2008 | Delhi, India, is hit by a series of bomb blasts, resulting in 30 deaths and 130 injuries. |
2008 | Hurricane Ike makes landfall on the Texas Gulf Coast of the United States, causing heavy damage to Galveston Island, Houston, and surrounding areas. |
2013 | Taliban insurgents attack the United States consulate in Herat, Afghanistan, with two members of the Afghan National Police reported dead and about 20 civilians injured. |
2018 | The Merrimack Valley gas explosions: One person is killed, 25 are injured, and 40 homes are destroyed when excessive natural gas pressure caused fires and explosions. |
1989 | The birth of Kenny Edwards, New Zealand rugby league player |
1989 | The birth of Jon Mannah, Australian rugby league player (d. 2013) |
1989 | The birth of Thomas Müller, German footballer |
1989 | The birth of William Owusu, Ghanaian footballer |
1990 | The birth of Aoi Nakabeppu, Japanese model and actress |
1990 | The birth of Luciano Narsingh, Dutch footballer |
1991 | The birth of Ksenia Afanasyeva, Russian gymnast |
1993 | The birth of Niall Horan, Irish singer |
1993 | The birth of Alice Merton, Irish-Canadian singer and songwriter |
1994 | The birth of Anna Karolína Schmiedlová, Slovak tennis player |
1994 | The birth of Leonor Andrade, Portuguese singer |
1994 | The birth of Cameron Munster, Australian rugby league player |
1995 | The birth of Jerry Tollbring, Swedish handball player |
1995 | The birth of João Carlos Almeida Leandro, Portuguese footballer |
1996 | The birth of Playboi Carti, American rapper |
2013 | The death of Robert J. Behnke, American biologist and academic (b. 1929) |
2013 | The death of Rick Casares, American football player (b. 1931) |
2013 | The death of Luiz Gushiken, Brazilian trade union leader and politician (b. 1950) |
2014 | The death of Benjamin Adekunle, Nigerian general (b. 1936) |
2014 | The death of Helen Filarski, American baseball player (b. 1924) |
2014 | The death of Milan Galić, Serbian footballer (b. 1938) |
2014 | The death of Frank Torre, American baseball player and manager (b. 1931) |
2015 | The death of Vivinho, Brazilian footballer (b. 1961) |
2015 | The death of Erma Bergmann, American baseball player (b. 1924) |
2015 | The death of Brian Close, English cricketer and coach (b. 1931) |
2015 | The death of Moses Malone, American basketball player and sportscaster (b. 1955) |
2016 | The death of Jonathan Riley-Smith, British historian (b. 1938) |
2017 | The death of Pete Domenici, American politician, senator of New Mexico (b. 1932) |
2019 | The death of Eddie Money, American musician (b. 1949) |
2022 | The death of Jean-Luc Godard, French-Swiss film director, screenwriter, and film critic (b. 1930) |
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