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Tadao Ando
Building Award
#ar$s%erg Arc!itectura$ Pri&e 1992 Prit&ker Pri&e 199' Prae(iu( )(peria$e 1996 Etc*
By excluding the chaotic environment and admitting nature, Ando also developed what would become one of the central themes of his work in this house
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