Tadao Ando on architecture for a new generation: issue 4 of Time Out Japan is available now

Issue 4 of Time Out Japan Magazine, the lifestyle magazine covering new ways of living that connect travel and the everyday, was published in Japanese and English on Tuesday 30 June 2026. Themed ‘Architecture for a new generation’, the issue features an exclusive interview with Pritzker Prize-winning architect Tadao Ando.

Osaka, the world’s greatest ‘city of the people’

We spoke exclusively with Tadao Ando, the architect who has kept his base in his home city of Osaka for more than half a century even as his projects span the globe. Despite 80 per cent of his work being overseas, why does he remain in Osaka? How does he see a city transforming around projects such as Grand Green Osaka? And what lies behind the philosophy he arrived at after two cancer surgeries – wanting to leave something behind for the children of the future?

The issue also features a guide to Ando’s architecture in Osaka and Kansai, including W Osaka, VS. and the Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art.

The press release is available here (in Japanese).