“In the Seto Inland Sea, where more than 500 islands of all sizes float—this building stands on a small hill overlooking that beautiful scenery.
A pool that juts out toward the sea, a sunken court (courtyard) surrounded by sky, water, and greenery, and guest rooms where you can fully enjoy the views of the Seto Inland Sea.
Each individual space has its own fascinating personality, but without them being completely disjointed,
I think we’ve created a place where the gaze and the space itself intersect and overlap—a place that gives people a moment that they can only get here.”

Born in Osaka. Self-taught in architecture, he established the Tadao Ando Architectural Institute in 1969.
His representative works include “Rokko Housing Complex”, “Church of Light”, “FABRICA (Benetton Art School)”, and “Pulitzer Museum of Art”,
“Chichu Art Museum”, “Omotesando Hills (Dojun-kai Aoyama Apartment Rebuilding Project)”, “Punta della Dogana”, and “Shanghai Baoli Grand Theater”, among others.

In 1979, he won the Architectural Institute of Japan Prize for “Sumiyoshi no Row Houses,” the Alvar Aalto Prize in 1985, and the Gold Medal of the French Academy of Architecture in 1989,
the Japan Art Academy Prize in 1993, the Asahi Prize in 1995, the Pritzker Prize in 1995, the Praemium Imperiale in 1996, the AIA Gold Medal in 2002, and the Kyoto Prize,
the Order of Cultural Merit in 2003, the Gold Medal of the UIA (Union Internationale des Architectes) in 2005, the Legion of Honor (Chevalier), and the Order of Merit for Environmental Protection in 2006.
In 2010, he received the John F. Kennedy Center Gold Medal in the Arts, the Goto Shinpei Award, and the Order of Culture.
In 2012, the Richard Neutra Award; in 2013, the French Order of Arts and Letters (Commander),
and in 2015, the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (Grand Officer).