Ando

ISBN 978-3-8365-3541-0, Edition: German
ISBN 978-3-8365-3549-6, Edition: English

Modern minimalism with a Japanese touch

Discover the unique aesthetics of Tadao Ando

Philippe Starck describes him as "mystical in a land that is no longer mystical". Drew Philip calls his buildings "land art", which grows out of the earth, as it were. He is the only architect to have won the four most important prizes in his field: the Pritzker, Carlsberg, Praemium Imperiale and Kyoto Prize. His name is Tadao Ando and he is one of the greatest living architects in the world. Ando combines influences from Japanese tradition with the best of modernism and has created a completely new aesthetic that works with concrete, wood, water, light, space and nature in a unique way.

This book is a perfect introduction to his work. It shows private houses, churches, museums, apartment buildings and cultural buildings in Japan, France, Italy, Spain and the United States.
The artist
Tadao Ando, born in 1941, is one of the world's most renowned contemporary architects. He was initially a boxer, but then decided to study architecture two years after leaving school. He is the only person to have received the four most prestigious architecture prizes to date: Pritzker Prize, Carlsberg Prize, Praemium Imperiale and Kyoto Prize. Ando currently lives and works in his home city of Osaka.

The author

Masao Furuyama studied architecture in Kyoto and completed his doctorate in urban planning in Tokyo. He taught at the Kyoto Institute of Technology, where he has held the position of president since 2012, and has published several texts on architecture and Tadao Ando.

The editor

Peter Gössel runs an agency for museum and exhibition design. He has published monographs on Julius Shulman, R. M. Schindler, John Lautner and Richard Neutra for TASCHEN, as well as several architecture titles in the Small Series.

More details

Hardcover, 21 x 26 cm, 96 pages

Weight: 0.61 kg