JA64 YEARBOOK2006 JAPANESE ARCHITECTURAL SCENE IN 2006 QuickTimeVR View • work Omotesando Hills • location Shibuya, Tokyo • architects Tadao Ando Architect & Associates, Mori Building joint design entity • site area 6,051.36m2 • building area 5,030.76m2 • total floor area 34,061.72m2 • structure steel frame reinforced concrete, partly reinforced concrete, steel frame, quake-absorbing structure; 6 basements and 6 stories • pricipal use shop, apartment houses, parking, public lavatory • completion date January, 2006 • profile Tadao Ando 1941 Born in Osaka Self-educated in Architecture 1969 Established Tadao Ando Architect & Associates 1997 Professor at the University of Tokyo School of Engineerin, Department of Architecture Currently Emeritus professor at the University of Tokyo next back top