This comprehensive monograph on Pritzker Prize-winning architect Tadao
Ando covers the span of his impressive career, with previously
unpublished material and insight into his sources of inspiration.
This in-depth monograph offers insight into Tadao Ando's sober and
elegant architecture through photographs, architectural drawings, and
descriptions of eighty of his most significant works. His notable works
span the globe: London's Tate Modern; St. Louis's Pulitzer Arts
Foundation; Osaka's Church of the Light; Paris's UNESCO Meditation
Space; Venice's Palazzo Grassi; Abu Dhabi's Maritime Museum; and
exceptional buildings in South Korea, Taiwan, China, Sri Lanka, Mexico,
Germany, and throughout the United States. Japanese design
principles--from the use of concrete, simple geometric volumes, and the
integration of natural elements such as light or water--are essential
elements that Ando uses to provoke a physical experience through his
architecture.
An interview with the architect accompanies his own writings and
critical essays on various aspects of his work. A portfolio of Ando's
black-and-white photographs and colored-pencil drawings from his
previously unpublished travel notebooks provide new insight into his
sources of inspiration. The book is completed with a biography and a
chronology of his works to date, including some unrealized projects.
