Video: Tadao Ando on Designing His First New York Building

"A living space should be a sanctuary. It has to be a place where you can reflect on your life." - Tadao Ando

NOWNESS has released a new video, this time interviewing the legendary Japanese architect Tadao Ando about his first New York building: Ichigoni 152. Planned to replace a parking garage on the corner of Kenmare and Elizabeth Street in Manhattan’s Nolita, the seven-story, seven-residence building aims to embody the energy of living in New York, while maintaining its role a "quite" and "sensitive" place of refuge for its inhabitants. "I would like to create something that only a Japanese person could do," says Ando. "It's about sensitivity."

Images Released of Tadao Ando's First NYC Building

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Cite: Karissa Rosenfield. "Video: Tadao Ando on Designing His First New York Building" 08 Jun 2015. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/639999/video-tadao-ando-on-designing-his-first-new-york-building> ISSN 0719-8884

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