Michael Auping

Tadao Andō

Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth

The interviews reveal Ando's central belief that architecture is all about creating "exquisite and wonderful memories" which come about when a building allows its occupants to connect with themselves and make their intellectual dreams become possible. Ando also recognizes that the creation of such memories must involve the architect taking risks; in the case of Fort Worth, the building's double skin of concrete encased in a glass-skin box is entirely new. These concepts are discussed not only within the specific context of the Fort Worth building, but also within the context of Ando's wider underlying philosophy and beliefs.

Seven Interviews with Tadao Ando

Richard Pare

Twenty-seven of Ando's buildings, completed over the last decade, including such notable projects as the Kidosaki House, Tokyo, 1986, the Church on the Water, Hokkaido, 1988, the Naoshima Contemporary Art Museum and Annexe, 1992 and 1995, and the recently completed buildings for Benetton in Treviso, Italy, 1995, and the Meditation Space for Unesco, Paris, 1995. Richard Pare's images break with previous conventions of architectural representation; they convey his interest.

The Colours of Light

A stunning photographic portfolio of work by Japan's leading architect.

Colours of Light

Philip Jodidio

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 in architecture. This book presents the illustrious career of the only architect ever to have won the discipline's four most prestigious prizes. 3-8228-2164-0$125.00 / Taschen America LLC

Houses

Tadao Ando

Kenneth Frampton

"Ando selected for inclusion the thirty-five projects that best embody his belief that the interplay with nature defines architecture and the passage of time molds architecture. All are shown in spectacular, specially commissioned color photography. Among the major recent works are the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth in Texas; the Komyo-ji Temple in Saijo, Japan; the meditation space for UNESCO in Paris; the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts in St. Louis; and the Armani/Teatro in Milan. Also included are some of Ando's most important and well-known earlier works, including the Church of the Water in Hokkaido, the Church of the Light in Ibaraki, and a series of houses throughout Japan."--BOOK JACKET.

Light and Water

Serge Salat

Françoise Labbé

Ando by Ando

Harvard University. Graduate School of Design

Darell Wayne Fields

Dormant Lines

Tadao Ando 1981-1989

Werner Blaser

Werner Blaser, architect and author of more than one hundred books, introduces the reader to the world of Tadao Ando's sunken architectures. In fascinating photographs, a method of construction is presented that has its roots in the traditional "earth dwellings" of northern and north-western China. Yet, Tadao Ando's in-ground buildings are no dark, cave-like structures. The interiors are illuminated through open atriums and large, deep-drawn areas of glass, thus giving light an almost palpable form. Stillness and contemplativeness rank among the qualities of this architecture, corresponding herein to Far Eastern spirit. In the face of increasing environmental damage and urban housing problems, architectural strategies have to be developed that respect nature and do not put extra pressure on urban surroundings. With his sunken structures, Tadao Ando succeeds in building in accordance with nature, at the same time connecting tradition and present - thus making the cultural history of building relevant for the present.

Sunken courts

The catalogue consists of ten architecture project drawings each bound separately in the emaki-style (a handscroll folded like an accordion album), as well as a separate volume for descriptions of each project, photographs, and an essay by Tadao Ando. All eleven volumes are neatly contained in a silk-screened, acrylic slipcase. The catalogue of ten architecture project drawings: Each of the included projects: 7 11/16 inches (195 mm) high by 4 3/4 inches (120 mm) wide with a corresponding length when extended as follows: Church of the Light, 85 1/32 inches (2160 mm) Rokko Housing I, II, III, 7 7/8 inches (1800 mm) Chikatsu-Asuka Historical Museum, Osaka, 80 5/16 inches (2040 mm) Hanshin Awaji Earthquake - Kobe Waterfront Plaza - Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, 89 3/4 inches (2280 mm) Benesse House / Naoshima Contemporary Art Museum, 66 1/8 inches (1680 mm) Chichu Art Museum / Naoshima, 75 19/32 inches (1920 mm) Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, 108 21/32 inches (2760 mm) Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, 66 1/8 inches (1680 mm) Calder Museum, 99 7/32 inches (2520 mm) François Pinault Foundation of Contemporary Art, 94 1/2 inches (2400 mm) Each volume in four color offset printing on 200 kg snow white Araveal paper, folded and bound by hand with a cover in double ply of the same paper Text description volume: 7 11/16 inches (195 mm) high by 4 3/4 inches (120 mm) wide 29 architectural color photographs provided by Tadao Ando 4 black and white photographs by Roland Hagenberg Four color offset printing on matte coated paper in double ply of 200 kg snow white Araveal paper with Smythe sewing binding Total of eleven volumes contained in a 3/16 inch thick, silk-screened, acrylic slipcase Total dimensions with slipcase: 8 1/8 inches (207 mm) high by 4 13/16 inches (123 mm) wide by 5 1/8 inches (130 mm) deep This special limited edition is enclosed inside a protective carton box. Each edition signed by Tadao Ando. Printed and manufactured in Japan--Publisher description.

The Process of Creation: Emaki-style Sketchbooks

安藤忠雄

Enrico Navarra

Tadao Ando, Architect

Anatxu Zabalbeascoa

Javier Rodríguez Marcos

Ando speaks of the spirituality of the materials he uses and explains that although spirituality is a nonvisible form of space, it is manifested in much if not all of his work. From secluded housing to modern temples, from museums to places of worship, his creations are built to enhance mediation, in life or in art. This guiding spirit in his architecture is presented in detail in this volume.

Arquitectura Y Espíritu

Philip Drew

These two small and exquisite churches by Tadao Ando - one rural and 'open', the other urban and 'enclosed' - complement each other perfectly and together provide an insight into Ando's creation of sacred space. The Church on the Water occupies an idyllic pastoral site and consists of two squares, one large, one small, that overlap and are arranged facing a man-made pool. The Church of the Light is built in a quiet residential area of Osaka. Here Ando explores the spiritual force of the effects of sunlight on raw concrete. Slits cut in the form of a cross perforate the chapel's front wall; when lit up by the morning sun they create what Ando describes as a 'cross of light'. With these two churches, Ando provides a synthesis of opposites, creating spaces that attain a purity and calm through powerful architectonic forms.

Church On the Water, Church of the Light

Karl Lagerfeld

"Architecture, which acquires tranquility and balance thanks to geometric order, obtains dynamism thanks to natural phenomena and human movements." This quotation from architect Tadao Ando introduces this book of photographs by Karl Lagerfeld of Ando's Vitra conference pavilion. This is not the first time Lagerfeld has focused his considerable energies on architectural photography, and the results are impressive. He transfers the basic ideas of Ando's architecture into photographic form, and presents both close-ups of geometric detail as well as views of the whole building and environs. Lagerfeld finds a sensitive language to reveal the characteristics implicit in Ando's creation.

Tadao Andō

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