Tadao Ando

Tadao Ando
ISBN-10
3034600054
ISBN-13
9783034600057
Series
Tadao Ando
Category
Architecture
Pages
191
Language
English
Published
2009
Publisher
Birkhauser Basel
Authors
Tadao Andō, Yann Nussaume

Description

The minimalist concrete architecture of Tadao Ando has roots both in Japanese traditions and in Western architecture. This book begins with both contexts: it explores how Ando unites Japanese tradition with a contemporary Western architectural idiom. By analyzing systematically and chronologically the roots and sources that have influenced the thinking of the Pritzker Prizeâwinning architect, the author communicates the principles and constants to which Andoâs buildings can be traced back, and at the same time he places them in the appropriate context within the architectâs characteristic ideas and intentions. Yann Nussaume teaches at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure dâarchitecture in Paris and is the author of numerous publications on Japanese and Chinese architecture.

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