Tadao Ando : Complete Works 1975 - 2012

Jodidio, Philip

ISBN 10: 3836528134 / ISBN 13: 9783836528139

Published by Benedikt Taschen Verlag, 2012

659 pages with over six hundred pages of color illustrations. Crisp, tight, sharp, bright, and clean. Major hardcover monograph that comprehensively addresses the career and major accomplishments of the internationally renowned architect. Signed by Ando on the title page an accompanying sketch. Text is in English, French, and German. Bibliography. Biography. 11 3/4 x 9 1/2 x 2 inches. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Seller Inventory # 025277

Synopsis:

The Tadao touch.  Ando’s complete works to date 1975-2012
 

Philippe Starck describes 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.” He is the only architect to have won the discipline’s four most prestigious prizes: the Pritzker, Carlsberg, Praemium Imperiale, and Kyoto Prize. His name is Tadao Ando, and he is one of the greatest living architects. Combining influences from Japanese tradition with the best of Modernism, Ando has developed a completely unique building aesthetic that makes use of concrete, wood, water, light, space, and nature in a way that has never been witnessed in architecture. His designs include award-winning private homes, churches, museums, apartment complexes, and cultural spaces throughout Japan, as well as in France, Italy, Spain, and the USA.This book, created at the height of Ando’s illustrious career, and thoroughly updated for this new 2012 edition, presents his complete works to date.

About the Author:

The author:
Philip Jodidio (born 1954) studied art history and economics at Harvard, and edited Connaissance des Arts for over 20 years. His books include TASCHEN’s Architecture Now! series, and monographs on Tadao Ando, Norman Foster, Richard Meier, Jean Nouvel, and Zaha Hadid. He is internationally renowned as one of the most popular writers on the subject of architecture.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Tadao Ando : Complete Works 1975 - 2012
Publisher: Benedikt Taschen Verlag
Publication Date: 2012
Binding: Cloth
Condition: Fine Condition
Dust Jacket Condition: Fine Condition
Signed: Signed by the Architect
Book Type: Book