When looking at house design, one of the best pieces of advice given to me was to follow the old adage: "Less Is More”.  #truth I have spent a lot of time in design over the years, and I’m going to share a few of my favourite Architects in the next couple of posts. One of my favourites is Tadao Ando.  He was based out of Osaka Japan, and his starting point in his design was to capture the most fundamental activity of human "living”. I am intrigued by his use of simple shapes, and his symbiotic dialogue between architecture and nature. He regularly used cast in place concrete, infusing a sensitivity to treatment of natural light and heavily leaning into an engagement with nature. Ando had a largely self-taught architectural education that included apprenticeships, night classes, and visits to renowned buildings across the world. His architectural work brought him to the [...]