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2024-11-21T12:15:12-05:00
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Tadao Ando to receive the Andrée Putman Lifetime Achievement Award
Nathaniel Bahadursingh
2022-09-06T08:00:00-04:00
>2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/16/165f8cc21de8229041507a04e43e2ea8.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Prolific, self-taught, and <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/51168/pritzker-prize" target="_blank">Pritzker Prize</a>-winning Japanese architect <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/99728/tadao-ando" target="_blank">Tadao Ando</a> has been announced today as the recipient of the Andrée Putman Lifetime Achievement award. The recognition is presented by the Créateurs Design Awards, a program that highlights extraordinary work in architecture, interior design, product design, photography, journalism, and curation. </p>
<figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/25/2520ec1eb3e50a26427c83d00f391ef9.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/25/2520ec1eb3e50a26427c83d00f391ef9.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Previously on Archinect: <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150243681/new-photos-of-tadao-ando-s-bourse-de-commerce-pinault-collection-makeover" target="_blank">New photos of Tadao Ando's Bourse de Commerce — Pinault Collection makeover</a>. (Image courtesy Bourse de Commerce – Pinault Collection. © Tadao Ando Architect & Associates, NeM / Niney et Marca Architectes, Agence Pierre-Antoine Gatier. Photo by Patrick Tourneboeuf. Artist: Urs Fischer.)</figcaption></figure><p>“France has a cultural legacy of pursuing ideas beyond the boundary of an era. Revolutionary projects such as the Eiffel Tower and the Centre Pompidou came to fruition in Paris, redefining the city’s historical context,” Ando said in response to winning the award. “Coresidence of the genius loci, the essence of a pl...</p>