Modern minimalism with a Japanese touch

Philippe Starck describes him as a "mystic in a country which is no longer mystic." Drew Philip 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 one of the world`s greatest living architects. 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 elsewhere in architecture.

This book provides the perfect introduction to Ando`s work, including private homes, churches, museums, apartment complexes, and cultural spaces throughout Japan, and in France, Italy, Spain, and the USA.

About the Series:
Every book in TASCHEN´s Basic Architecture Series features:

Approximately 120 images, including photographs, sketches, drawings, and floor plans

Introductory essays exploring the architect´s life and work, touching on family and background as well as collaborations with other architects

The most important works presented in chronological order, with descriptions of client and/or architect wishes as well as construction problems and resolutions

An appendix including a list of complete or selected works, biography, bibliography and a map indicating the locations of the architect´s most famous buildings

Edition: Portuguese

Editora: Taschen

Autor: PETER GÖSSEL & MASAO FURUYAMA

ISBN: 9783822846643

Origem: Nacional

Ano: 2007

Edição: 1

Número de páginas: 96

Acabamento: Capa Dura

Formato: Grande

De: R$ 40,90

Por: R$ 37,90