Masao Furuyama studied architecture at Kyoto University and received his doctorate in urban engineering from Tokyo University. He has taught at the Kyoto Institute of Technology, where he has been president since 2012, and has published on the subjects of architecture and Tadao Ando.Tadao Ando (born in 1941) is one of the world’s most renowned contemporary architects. Entirely self taught, he founded Tadao Ando Architect & Associates in 1969 after an extended journey through Europe, Africa, and Asia. He is a recipient of the Pritzker Prize (1995), RIBA Royal Gold Medal (1997), AIA Gold Medal (2002), and Praemium Imperiale (1996). Ando continues to work from his native Osaka. Peter Gössel runs an agency for museum and exhibition design. He has published TASCHEN monographs on Julius Shulman, R. M. Schindler, John Lautner, and Richard Neutra, as well as several titles in the Basic Architecture series.

Masao Furuyama studied architecture at Kyoto University and received his doctorate in urban engineering from Tokyo University. He has taught at the Kyoto Institute of Technology, where he has been president since 2012, and has published on the subjects of architecture and Tadao Ando.Tadao Ando (born in 1941) is one of the world’s most renowned contemporary architects. Entirely self taught, he founded Tadao Ando Architect & Associates in 1969 after an extended journey through Europe, Africa, and Asia. He is a recipient of the Pritzker Prize (1995), RIBA Royal Gold Medal (1997), AIA Gold Medal (2002), and Praemium Imperiale (1996). Ando continues to work from his native Osaka. Peter Gössel runs an agency for museum and exhibition design. He has published TASCHEN monographs on Julius Shulman, R. M. Schindler, John Lautner, and Richard Neutra, as well as several titles in the Basic Architecture series.

Masao Furuyama studied architecture at Kyoto University and received his doctorate in urban engineering from Tokyo University. He has taught at the Kyoto Institute of Technology, where he has been president since 2012, and has published on the subjects of architecture and Tadao Ando.Tadao Ando (born in 1941) is one of the world’s most renowned contemporary architects. Entirely self taught, he founded Tadao Ando Architect & Associates in 1969 after an extended journey through Europe, Africa, and Asia. He is a recipient of the Pritzker Prize (1995), RIBA Royal Gold Medal (1997), AIA Gold Medal (2002), and Praemium Imperiale (1996). Ando continues to work from his native Osaka. Peter Gössel runs an agency for museum and exhibition design. He has published TASCHEN monographs on Julius Shulman, R. M. Schindler, John Lautner, and Richard Neutra, as well as several titles in the Basic Architecture series.