Ando: Complete Works 1975–Today is the definitive monograph on Tadao Ando, tracing five decades of the architect's practice through updated photography, drawings, and newly added projects that extend the record to the present.
About This Book
Few architects have sustained a singular formal language as consistently — or as compellingly — as Tadao Ando. This comprehensive monograph, written by architecture critic Philip Jodidio, surveys the full arc of Ando's career from his self-taught origins in 1975 through to his most recent institutional commissions. Each project is documented through fresh photographs and technical drawings, making the book as useful to practitioners studying Ando's material and spatial strategies as to those approaching his work for the first time. New additions include the He Art Museum in Foshan and the Bourse de Commerce in Paris, ensuring this updated edition reflects the continued relevance of Ando's concrete Modernism on the world stage.
Key Features
- 740 pages of project photography, architectural drawings, and critical text
- Text by Philip Jodidio
- Notable projects include the He Art Museum, Foshan, and the Bourse de Commerce, Paris
- Published by Taschen, ISBN 9783836577120
What You'll Discover
- How Ando developed and refined his signature vocabulary of bare concrete, natural light, and geometric precision across five decades of practice
- The evolution of his approach to institutional and cultural commissions, from early residential work to major international museums
- Detailed documentation of each structure through purpose-shot photography and drawings that reveal Ando's spatial and constructional thinking
- The integration of recently completed projects — including the He Art Museum and Bourse de Commerce — that place his late-career work in dialogue with his founding principles
About the Author
Philip Jodidio is an architecture critic and author whose extensive body of work for Taschen includes monographs on many of the world's leading architects. His writing is grounded in direct engagement with built work and the architects who produce it.
Specifications
- Format: Hardcover
- Pages: 740
- Dimensions: 228 x 289 mm
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9783836577120
- Publisher: Taschen
- Publication Date: [Details available upon request]
Perfect For: Architects and students studying Modernist spatial theory, collectors of comprehensive architect monographs, and design practitioners with a serious interest in the relationship between materiality, light, and built form.