Tadao Ando, Japanese architect and academic, designed Piccadilly Gardens

Tadao Ando is a Japanese architect. Self-taught, he is known for his unique integration of architecture and landscape. Architectural historian Francesco Dal Co described his work as an example of "critical regionalism". Ando was awarded the Pritzker Prize in 1995.

Piccadilly Gardens is a green space in Manchester city centre, England, on the edge of the Northern Quarter.