Discover the completely unique aesthetic of Tadao Ando, the only architect ever to have won the discipline\u2019s four most prestigious prizes: the Pritzker, Carlsberg, Praemium Imperiale, and Kyoto Prize.<\/p>\n
Philippe Starck defines him as a \u201cmystic in a country which is no longer mystic.\u201d Philip Drew calls his buildings \u201cland art\u201d as they \u201cstruggle to emerge from the earth.\u201d His designs have been described as haiku crafted from concrete, water, light, and space. But to Ando, true architecture is not expressed in metaphysics or beauty, but rather through space that embodies physical wisdom.<\/p>\n
This thoroughly updated edition spans the breadth of his entire career, including such stunning new projects as the Shanghai Poly Theater and the Clark Center at the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts. Each project is profiled through photographs and architectural drawings to explore Ando\u2019s unprecedented use of concrete, wood, water, light, space, and natural forms. Based on the massive XXL monograph, this edition brings the architect\u2019s definitive career overview to an accessible format.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Discover the completely unique aesthetic of Tadao Ando, the only architect ever to have won the discipline\u2019s four most prestigious prizes: the Pritzker, Carlsberg, Praemium Imperiale, and Kyoto Prize. Philippe Starck defines him as a \u201cmystic in a country which is no longer mystic.\u201d Philip Drew calls his buildings \u201cland art\u201d as they \u201cstruggle to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":40401,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[4516,13533],"product_tag":[1126,6124,11550,6567],"class_list":{"0":"post-40439","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-architecture-en","7":"product_cat-books","8":"product_tag-architects-en","9":"product_tag-architecture-en","10":"product_tag-buildings-en","11":"product_tag-contemporary-architecture-en","12":"pa_author_att-philip-jodidio-en","13":"pa_cover-hardcover","14":"pa_format-228-x-289-cm-en","15":"pa_isbn-9783836577120-en","16":"pa_language-eng-f-ger","17":"pa_pages-740-en","18":"pa_published-2019-06-06-en","19":"pa_publisher-taschen-en-en","21":"first","22":"instock","23":"sold-individually","24":"shipping-taxable","25":"purchasable","26":"product-type-simple"},"yoast_head":"\n