The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts

Tadao Ando – The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts in St. Louis, Missouri USA, 2001

Completed in October 2001, the Pulitzer Arts Foundation was the first public building in United States to be designed by architect Tadao Ando, who won the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1995. The building is characterized by Ando's longstanding attention to natural elements such as light and water, as well as his signature use of concrete. The concrete forms that comprise the building were cast on site during a nearly four-year construction period using advanced techniques that were uncommon in America at the time.[7] The building has been described as “both a serene setting for the contemplation of art and a contribution toward revitalizing the urban landscape of historic St. Louis.”