Ando: Complete Works 1975–Today (XXL) is the definitive monograph on Tadao Ando — the only architect to have won the Pritzker, Carlsberg, Praemium Imperiale, and Kyoto Prize — tracing his career across five decades of concrete, light, and space.
About This Book
Tadao Ando occupies a singular position in contemporary architecture: self-taught, philosophically rigorous, and formally restrained in a way that renders his buildings quietly radical. Where others reach for metaphysics or ornament, Ando insists that architecture is expressed through physical wisdom — through the weight of concrete, the movement of light across a wall, the relationship between structure and landscape. This thoroughly updated XXL edition documents his complete output, from intimate private homes to major civic and cultural institutions across Japan, South Korea, France, Italy, Germany, Mexico, and the United States. New projects including the Bourse de Commerce in Paris and the Nakanoshima Children's Book Forest in Osaka bring the record fully current. Each work is presented through photography and architectural drawings, making this an essential reference for any serious engagement with Modernist architecture.
Key Features
- 740 pages of project photography and architectural drawings spanning Ando's complete career
- Written by Philip Jodidio
- Notable projects include the Bourse de Commerce, Paris, and the Nakanoshima Children's Book Forest, Osaka
- Published by Taschen, ISBN 9783836589567
What You'll Discover
- How Ando's use of board-formed concrete functions not as surface finish but as the primary mediator between interior space and natural light
- The breadth of building typologies across his practice — churches, museums, private residences, apartment complexes, and cultural institutions — and the formal consistency that unites them
- Ando's relationship to site and landscape, characterised by Philip Drew as "land art" that appears to emerge from the earth rather than be placed upon it
- The expansion of his practice onto an international scale, with major commissions across Europe, Asia, and the Americas, each negotiating local context through a resolutely personal architectural language
About the Author
Philip Jodidio is an architecture writer and critic whose monographic studies of leading contemporary architects are published extensively by Taschen. He is among the most widely read authors working in the field of architectural documentation.
Specifications
- Format: Hardcover
- Pages: 740
- Dimensions: 308 x 390 mm
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9783836589567
- Publisher: Taschen
- Publication Date: [Details available upon request]
Perfect For: Architects, architectural historians, and serious design students seeking a complete and current record of one of Modernism's most distinctive and decorated practitioners.