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 acclaimed new projects as the
Bourse de Commerce in Paris
and the
Nakanoshima Children’s Book Forest
in Osaka. Each project is profiled through
photographs
and
architectural drawings
to explore Ando’s unprecedented use of concrete, wood, water, light, space, and natural forms.
Featuring designs from award-winning private homes, churches, museums, and apartment complexes to cultural spaces throughout Japan, South Korea, France, Italy, Germany, Mexico, and the USA, this XXL-edition brings you up close and personal with a Modernist master.