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Tadao Ando

Complete Works

"In architecture, there is a part that is the result of
logical reasoning and a part that is created through
the senses. There is always a point where they
clash. I don't think architecture can be created
without that collision." -Tadao Ando

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 the world's greatest living
architect. 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. Ando has designed
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, presents his
complete works to date.

The author:
Philip Jodidio studied art history and economics at
Harvard University, and was Editor-in-Chief of the
French journal Connaissance des Arts for over
two decades. He has published numerous articles
and books, including TASCHEN's Architecture
Now! volumes I and II, Building a New
Millennium, and monographs on Norman Foster,
Richard Meier, and Alvaro Siza. Jodidio is
internationally renowned as one of the most
talented writers on the subject of architecture.

Reviews:
"If you want an example of how architecture
influences the homes we live in, look no further
than TASCHEN's new book on the Japanese
architect Tadao Ando. If there's one man
responsible for making concrete sexy again it's this
guy".
Independent on Saturday Magazine, London
United Kingdom