Office for Unsolicited Architecture

“Much like Le Corbusier in an earlier era, Osaka architect Tadao Ando has never had qualms about creating unasked-for visionary proposals and then attempting to convince the relevant governments or landowners to implement them. … Megalomaniacal or quixotic this may well be, but it also reflects a generosity and commitment to his local environment that has turned Ando into one of the city’s favorite sons.”- Tom Daniel on Ando’s City of Water