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Tadao Ando

Light and Space
Brief Description
Following the acclaimed first volume in Tadao Ando's monograph series with Phaidon, Tadao Ando: The Colours of Light (1996), this new volume showcases the continual collaboration between Ando and the photographer Richard Pare. Beginning with the Pulitzer Arts Foundation in St. Louis, Missouri, in 2001, the... Read More
Format: Hardback
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Tadao Ando

A stunning portfolio of work by Japan’s leading contemporary architect, showcasing exquisite photography of 28 extraordinary projects selected by Ando

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Following the acclaimed first volume in Tadao Ando's monograph series with Phaidon, Tadao Ando: The Colours of Light (1996), this new volume showcases the continual collaboration between Ando and the photographer Richard Pare.

Beginning with the Pulitzer Arts Foundation in St. Louis, Missouri, in 2001, the book presents Pare’s extraordinary photographs of 28 contemporary projects in locations around the world, including Japan, Germany, Mexico, South Korea, Italy, and the United States.

Opening with a foreword by Ando and an introduction by Dominique Perrault, it additionally features original drawings by Ando created exclusively for the book and a detailed appendix providing key information and site plans for each project.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781838669294

Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 10 April 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Phaidon Press Ltd

Edition: The Colours of Light Volume 2

Illustration: 350 Illustrations

Contributors:

  • Introduction by Dominique Perrault

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 32.0mm

Width: 250.0mm

Height: 290.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 280

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About the Author

Tadao Ando is Japan s leading contemporary architect. Working primarily in structural concrete, alongside subtle details in natural materials like wood and stone, Ando has received the Pritzker Prize in 1995 and the American Institute of Architects Gold Medal in 2002.

Richard Pare is a photographer and founding curator of photography at the Canadian Centre for Architecture. He has exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Martin Gropiusbau in Berlin, and the Royal Academy of Arts in London.

Dominique Perrault is a French architect and urban planner.

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