Description
| Product ID: | 9783836535496 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | SK |
| Series: | Basic Art |
| Title: | Ando |
| Authors: | Author: Masao Furuyama, Peter Gossel, Tadao Ando |
| Page Count: | 96 |
| Subjects: | History of art, Art & design styles: from c 1960, Individual architects and architectural firms, Architecture: public, commercial and industrial buildings, Architecture: residential and domestic buildings, Individual architects & architectural firms, Public buildings: civic, commercial, industrial, etc, Residential buildings, domestic buildings |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Get to know Tadao Ando, the only architect to have won the discipline’s four most prestigious prizes: the Pritzker, Carlsberg, Praemium Imperiale, and Kyoto Prize. This succinct introduction explores Ando’s unique blend of calm Japanese tradition and compelling modernism across private homes, churches, fashion stores, museums, and more. In this essential TASCHEN introduction to Tadao Ando we explore the hybrid of tradition, modernism, and function that allows his buildings to enchant architects, designers, fashion designers, and beyond. Through key projects including private homes, churches, museums, apartment complexes, and cultural spaces, we explore a uniquely monumental yet comforting aesthetic that draws as much on the calm restraint of Japanese tradition as the compelling modernist vocabularies of Bauhaus and Le Corbusier.With featured projects in Japan, France, Italy, Spain, and the United States, we see not only Ando’s global reach but also his refined sensitivity for the environs: the play of light through windows, and, in particular, the interaction of buildings with water. From the mesmerizing Church of the Light in Osaka to the luminous Punta della Dogana Contemporary Art Center in Venice, this is a radiant tour through a distinctly contemporary form as much as a timeless appeal of light, elements, and equilibrium. |
| Imprint Name: | Taschen GmbH |
| Publisher Name: | Taschen GmbH |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2016-06-30 |
