Let's make this birthday one to remember.

84 years old (Born on September 13, 1941)

Happy Birthday to the legendary Tadao Ando! Who knew a self-taught boxer could become architecture's heavyweight champion? Your Church of Light still shines brighter than my attempts at assembling IKEA furniture, and your Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth makes concrete look cooler than ice cream on a hot Texas day.

Your mastery of critical regionalism has inspired countless architects—and confused just as many spellcheckers. May your birthday be filled with more joy than clients requesting fewer windows and more concrete walls. Here's to another year of defying gravity, redefining minimalism, and proving that sometimes the best education is teaching yourself!