Tadao Ando is a Japanesearchitect who won the Pritzker Prize in 1995. Tadao Ando was born in Osaka,Japan on September 13, 1941. His life is legendary. He was a professional boxerbefore becoming an architect, and then a professional architect without propertraining. Use the prize money earned from boxing matches to travel to theUnited States, Europe, Africa and Asia, as well as to observe unique buildings.

As a generation of master architects, Tadao Ando left a unique and great vitality for the world. His works and the spirit behind them are eternal and irrepressible.. In 1995, Mr. Ando won the Pritzker Prize, architecture's highesthonor, by donating $100,000 to orphans after the 1995 Kobe earthquake.

A museum resulting from the collaboration between internationally acclaimed artist Lee Ufan, presently based mainly in Europe, and architect Tadao Ando. The Ando-designed semi-underground structure houses paintings and sculptures by Lee spanning a period from the 1970s to the present day. Lee's works resonate with Ando's architecture, giving visitors an impression of both stillness and dynamism. 

Located in a gentle valley surrounded by hills and the ocean, the museum offers a tranquil space where nature, architecture and art come in resonance with each other, inviting to peaceful and quiet contemplation, in a society overflowing with material goods.