Ando : complete works 1975-2014 / Philip Jodidio.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jodidio, Philip, author.

Contributor:

Andō, Tadao, 1941- architect.

Class of 1924 Book Fund.

Language:

English

French

German

Subjects (All):

Andō, Tadao, 1941---Catalogs.

Andō, Tadao.

Andō, Tadao, 1941-.

Architecture--Japan--History--20th century--Catalogs.

Architecture.

History.

Japan.

Genre:

Catalogs.

History.

Physical Description:

720 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm

Place of Publication:

Köln : Taschen, [2014]

Language Note:

Parallel texts in English, German and French.

Summary:

Philippe Starck describes him as a "mystic in a country which is no longer mystic." Philip Drew calls his buildings "land art" that "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, brings his complete works to date.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 718-719).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.

ISBN:

3836553945

9783836553940

OCLC:

873763021