Ando selected for inclusion the thirty-five projects that best embody his belief that the interplay with nature defines architecture and the passage of time molds architecture. All are shown in spectacular, specially commissioned color photography. Among the major recent works are the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth in Texas; the Komyo-ji Temple in Saijo, Japan; the meditation space for UNESCO in Paris; the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts in St. Louis; and the Armani/Teatro in Milan. Also included are some of Ando's most important and well-known earlier works, including the Church of the Water in Hokkaido, the Church of the Light in Ibaraki, and a series of houses throughout Japan."--BOOK JACKET.
The catalogue consists of ten architecture project drawings each bound separately in the emaki-style (a handscroll folded like an accordion album), as well as a separate volume for descriptions of each project, photographs, and an essay by Tadao Ando. All eleven volumes are neatly contained in a silk-screened, acrylic slipcase. The catalogue of ten architecture project drawings: Each of the included projects: 7 11/16 inches (195 mm) high by 4 3/4 inches (120 mm) wide with a corresponding length when extended as follows: Church of the Light, 85 1/32 inches (2160 mm) Rokko Housing I, II, III, 7 7/8 inches (1800 mm) Chikatsu-Asuka Historical Museum, Osaka, 80 5/16 inches (2040 mm) Hanshin Awaji Earthquake - Kobe Waterfront Plaza - Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, 89 3/4 inches (2280 mm) Benesse House / Naoshima Contemporary Art Museum, 66 1/8 inches (1680 mm) Chichu Art Museum / Naoshima, 75 19/32 inches (1920 mm) Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, 108 21/32 inches (2760 mm) Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, 66 1/8 inches (1680 mm) Calder Museum, 99 7/32 inches (2520 mm) François Pinault Foundation of Contemporary Art, 94 1/2 inches (2400 mm) Each volume in four color offset printing on 200 kg snow white Araveal paper, folded and bound by hand with a cover in double ply of the same paper Text description volume: 7 11/16 inches (195 mm) high by 4 3/4 inches (120 mm) wide 29 architectural color photographs provided by Tadao Ando 4 black and white photographs by Roland Hagenberg Four color offset printing on matte coated paper in double ply of 200 kg snow white Araveal paper with Smythe sewing binding Total of eleven volumes contained in a 3/16 inch thick, silk-screened, acrylic slipcase Total dimensions with slipcase: 8 1/8 inches (207 mm) high by 4 13/16 inches (123 mm) wide by 5 1/8 inches (130 mm) deep This special limited edition is enclosed inside a protective carton box. Each edition signed by Tadao Ando. Printed and manufactured in Japan--Publisher description.
The newest volume in our popular Conversations series features Japanese architect Tadao Ando. One of the most celebrated living architects, Ando is best known for crafting serenely austere structures that fuse Japanese building traditions with Western modernism. His minimalist masterworks-geometric forms clad in silky-smooth exposed concrete-are suffused with natural light and set in perfect harmony with the landscape. In these highlights from lectures delivered at the University of Tokyo's Graduate School of Architecture, Ando candidly describes his experiences as a largely self-taught practitioner, tracing his development from an early interest in the traditional building craft of his native Japan through his political awakening in the turbulent 1960s to his current stature as one of the world's foremost architects. In addition to exploring his aesthetic influences and working process, Ando offers students a road map not only for maintaining professional integrity, but also for becoming effective agents of change in the world.
The most complete and comprehensive collection of residential projects from the world’s most internationally recognized and renowned architect. Though prolific in civic and commercial work, Tadao Ando first gained recognition for his residential projects, which were constructed solidly of concrete but ingeniously imbued with light and air. This exhaustive study is a complete catalog of all his residential work to date, including two new homes just finished in 2013. This volume features unseen and unpublished works presented through lavish and striking color photographs as well as detailed architectural drawings and plans of over thirty years of Ando’s residential work, from the Sumiyoshi Row House in 1975 to the current houses for global design connoisseurs and art collectors.
Illustrates and documents Ando's innovative work in plans, photographs, and sketches, accompanied by a selection of short texts written by fellow architects
Perfection in Simplicity Tadao Ando's complete works from 1975 until today 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 2018 edition spans the breadth of his entire career, including such stunning new projects as the Shanghai Poly Grand Theater and the Clark Center at 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. Featuring designs from award-winning private homes, churches, museums, and apartment complexes to cultural spaces throughout Japan, Korea, France, Italy, Spain, and the USA, this XXL-sized tribute is the definitive overview of this Modernist master. Text in English, French, and German
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