Tadao Ando: Light and Space is the second volume in Ando's monograph series with Phaidon, presenting Richard Pare's photographs of 28 contemporary projects across Japan, Europe, Mexico, South Korea, and the United States — most never previously published.
About This Book
Where the first volume, The Colours of Light, established the visual language of this collaboration, Light and Space deepens it. Pare's photographs — created in sustained dialogue with Ando and his studio — move through 28 projects to trace what is perhaps architecture's most elusive quality: the way volume and light act on one another. Ranging from the Pulitzer Arts Foundation in St. Louis to the Bourse de Commerce in Paris, the selection spans continents without losing focus. Four original drawings by Ando, printed on tissue paper, and an introduction by architect Dominique Perrault frame the plates. An appendix on textured paper provides technical specifications, plans, and sections for each project — making this both a work of architectural photography and a serious research document.
Key Features
- 280 pages of large-format architectural photography, immersive gatefolds, and spare plate layouts
- Photographs by Richard Pare; foreword by Tadao Ando; introduction by Dominique Perrault
- 28 projects including the Pulitzer Arts Foundation, St. Louis, and the Bourse de Commerce, Paris
- Four original drawings by Ando printed on tissue paper, created specifically for this volume
- Published by Phaidon, 1996
What You'll Discover
- How Pare's camera articulates Ando's handling of light and volume across radically different geographic and cultural contexts
- The design intelligence behind 28 projects — from Japan and South Korea to Germany, Mexico, Italy, and the United States — examined through technical sections, plans, and descriptive texts in the appendix
- Ando's own perspective on the work, through his foreword and four drawings made for this book — a rare window into the architect's thinking beyond built form
- The sustained creative exchange between architect and photographer as a methodology: how close collaboration shapes the representation of architecture
About the Author
Tadao Ando is the subject and co-creator of this volume, contributing a foreword and four original drawings made specifically for the book. Richard Pare is the photographer whose long-running collaboration with Ando forms the foundation of this monograph series. Dominique Perrault, architect, contributes the introduction.
Specifications
- Format: Hardcover
- Pages: 280
- Dimensions: 290 × 250 mm
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9781838669294
- Publisher: Phaidon
- Publication Date: 1996
Perfect For: Architects and students of architecture drawn to the relationship between light and built form; design researchers focused on contemporary Japanese architecture; collectors of serious architectural monographs and photography.