Description
Discover the completely unique aesthetic of Tadao Ando, the only architect ever to have won the discipline's four most prestigious prizes: the Pritzker, Carlsberg, Praemium Imperiale, and Kyoto Prize.
Philippe Starck defines him as a "mystic in a country which is no longer mystic." Philip Drew calls his buildings "land art" as they "struggle to emerge from the earth." His designs have been described as haiku crafted from concrete, water, light, and space. But to Ando, true architecture is not expressed in metaphysics or beauty, but rather through space that embodies physical wisdom.
This thoroughly updated edition spans the breadth of his entire career, including such stunning new projects as the Shanghai Poly Theater and the Clark Center at the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts. Each project is profiled through photographs and architectural drawings to explore Ando's unprecedented use of concrete, wood, water, light, space, and natural forms. Based on the massive XXL monograph, this edition brings the architect's definitive career overview to an accessible format.
Author: Philip Jodidio
Publisher: Taschen
Published: 05/01/2019
Pages: 740
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 7.80lbs
Size: 11.60h x 9.10w x 2.20d
ISBN13: 9783836577120
ISBN10: 3836577127
BISAC Categories:
- Architecture | Individual Architects & Firms | Monographs
- Architecture | History | Contemporary (1945 -)
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