Tadao Ando: Light and Water (Hardcover)

by Tadao Ando (Author), Kenneth Frampton (Introduction)

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"The beautiful color photographs by a number of photographers reveal how Ando remains Ando under many circumstances."

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Tadao Ando, born in Japan in 1941, trained himself as an architect, reading and traveling extensively through Africa, Europe, and the United States. In 1970 he founded Tadao Ando Architect & Associates; since then the firm has become known for buildings that express a sense of contemplation and meditation in both form and material. Many of his buildings, typically constructed from concrete, define an enclosed space in which visitors can respond to the elements of light and water. Geometrically simple yet subtly and richly articulated, Ando's works share the serenity and clarity of traditional Japanese architecture, one of Ando's ongoing preoccupations. More than thirty projects are presented, from early houses in Osaka and elsewhere in Japan to major current works, including the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts in St. Louis and the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. Also included are the Children's Museum, Hyogo, Himeji; the Church on the Water, Hokkaido; the Church of the Light, Osaka; UNESCO meditation space, Paris; the Teatro Armani, Milan; and a private house in Chicago.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 276 pages
• Publisher: Monacelli (November 24, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1580931138
• ISBN-13: 978-1580931137
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 6.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,026,059 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars The Light and Water book, September 16, 2008

By	Aaron Lye Ling San (Malaysia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Tadao Ando: Light and Water (Hardcover)

This book mainly compromises of many pictures of Ando's works and some floor plans but overall its a great book to flip through and obtain information from the excerpts provided. The pictures taken are of high quality and its a pretty visually stimulating book. As an architect you'd see how the pictures relate the essence of light and water affect a building. Some of the images are very vivid whereby it jumps out at you and you could almost experience the space as if you were there but I wouldn't recommend this book if your looking for heavy information for research papers.