Tadao Ando, Oydo, Osaka, Japan, 1973
OfHouses presents “Pritzkers’ First Houses, part III”: Tadao Ando (Pritzker 1995) debuted with this design for a single family house in the Oydo neighborhood of his native Osaka. When the house proved unsuitable for the growing Tomishima family, Ando bought it and refurbished it as headquarters for his architectural practice. The structure will undergo several extensions and further modifications in the 80s, until being finally taken down in 1991 to make way for the seven storey building now known as ‘Atelier in Oyodo II’. Reportedly, Ando has plans for yet further reconfiguration and expansion of the building… (Photo: © Tadao Ando and Associates.)
