Ando
Subtitle: complete works
By: Philip Jodidio
Contributors: Andō, Tadao, 1941-
Publisher: Taschen
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Köln
Language: eng
Number of pages: 660
ISBN-13: 9783836528139
Subjects: Catalogues raisonnés; Domestic Architecture; Catalogs; Architecture; History
Other titles: Ando,  complete works 1975-2012
Description: 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 career, brings together his complete works to date.--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.

Parallel texts in English, German and French.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : The simplicity of perfection -- [Projects] : Row house Sumiyoshi, Osaka; title: Kidosaki House, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo; title: Koshino House, Ashiya, Hyogo; title: Atelier in Oyodo II, Osaka; title: House in Chicago, Illinois; title: Penthouse in Manhattan, New York; title: Rokko Projects I-IV, Kobe, Hyogo; title: Church of the Light; title: Sunday School, Ibaraki, Osaka; title: Meditation Space, UNESCO, Paris; title: Japan Pavilion, Expo '92, Seville, Spain; title: Museum of Wood, Mikata, Hyogo; title: Komyo-Ji Temple, Saijo, Ehime; title: Time's I & II, Kyoto; title: Shiba Ryotaro Memorial Museum, Higashiosaka, Osaka; title: Suntory Museum, Osaka; title: Nariwa Museum, Kawakami, Okayama; title: Chikatsu-Asuka Historical Museum, Minamikawachi, Osaka; title: Sayamaike Historical Museum, Osakasayama, Osaka; title: Benesse House Museum, Naoshima, Kagawa; title: Chichu Art Museum, Naoshima, Kagawa; title: Art house project in Naoshima Minami-Dera, Naoshima, Kagawa; title: Lee Ufan Museum, Naoshima, Kagawa; title: Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, Saint Louis, Missouri; title: Fabrica Benetton Communication Research Center, Treviso, Italy; title: Armani/Teatro, Milan, Italy; title: Oyamazaki Villa Museum, Otokuni, Kyoto; title: International Library of Children's Literature, Taito-Ku, Tokyo; title: Water Temple Hompuku-Ji, Awaji, Hyogo; title: Toto Seminar House, Awaji, Hyogo; title: Awaji-Yumebutai, Awaji, Hyogo; title: Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Kobe Waterfront Plaza, Kobe, Hyogo; title: François Pinault Foundation for Contemporary Art, Ile Seguin, France; title: Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas; title: Calder Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; title: Ground Zero Project, New York; title: Studio Karl Lagerfeld, Biarritz, France; title: 4 X 4 House, Kobe, Hyogo; title: Langen Foundation, Hombroich, Neuss, Germany; title: Invisible House, Treviso, Italy; title: Palazzo Grassi renovation, Venice, Italy; title: 21-21 Design Sight, Minato-Ku, Tokyo; title: Interfaculty Initiative in Information Studies Fukutake Hall, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo; title: House and stables for Tom Ford and Richard Buckley, North Galisteo, New Mexico; title: Clark Art and Conservation Center (Stone Hill Center), Williamstown, Massachusetts; title: Tokyu Toyoko-Line Shibuya Station, Shibuya-Ku Tokyo; title: Punta della Dogana renovation, Venice, Italy; title: Maritime, Museum, Abu Dhabi; title: Bahrain Archeological Museum, Manama, Kingdom of Bahrain; title: Tokyu Oimachi-Line Kaminoge Station, Setagaya-Ku, Tokyo; title: Umi-No-Mori (Sea Forest), Tokyo Bay; title: Asia University Art Museum, Taichung Taiwan; title: Water Charnel, Cemetery in the Woods, Sanzhi, Taiwan; title: Beijing Guozijian Hotel, Beijing; title: Shanghai Poly Theater, Shanghai; title: Architecture and Culture Center, Shanghai, China; title: China Taihu Museum, Suzhou, China; title: Serenity Coast ARt Museum and Performing Arts Center, Sanya, China -- Appendix : Complete works; title: Design competitions; title: BIography.