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Tadao Ando / Yann Nussaume.
Fine Arts Library NA1559.A5 N8713 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nussaume, Yann.
- Standardized Title:
- Tadao Andô. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Andō, Tadao, 1941---Criticism and interpretation.
- Andō, Tadao.
- Andō, Tadao, 1941-.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Physical Description:
- 191 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- English edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Basel ; Boston : Birkhäuser, [2009]
- Summary:
- The minimalist concrete architecture of Tadao Ando has roots both in Japanese traditions and in Western architecture. This book begins with both contexts: it explores how Ando unites Japanese tradition with a contemporary Western architectural idiom.
- Contents:
- Japanese context
- Matrix : childhood in Osaka/Kansai
- The self-taught man
- First architectural experiments
- Toward a progressive openness of buildings
- Establishment of an architectural style
- Buildings as catalysts for landscapes
- Buildings as indicators of place
- Ando : a source of inspiration?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-190) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9783034600057
- 3034600054
- OCLC:
- 297148227
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