Screen LibraryTadao Ando : the geometry of human space /
In this essential TASCHEN introduction to Tadao Ando we explore the hybrid of tradition, modernism, and function that allows his buildings to enchant architects, designers, fashion designers, and beyond. Through key projects including private homes, churches, museums, apartment complexes, and cultur...
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| Publisher Address: | Köln : |
| Publication Dates: | [2021] |
| Literature type: | Book |
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In this essential TASCHEN introduction to Tadao Ando we explore the hybrid of tradition, modernism, and function that allows his buildings to enchant architects, designers, fashion designers, and beyond. Through key projects including private homes, churches, museums, apartment complexes, and cultural spaces, we explore a uniquely monumental yet comforting aesthetic that draws as much on the calm restraint of Japanese tradition as the compelling modernist vocabularies of Bauhaus and Le Corbusier. With featured projects in Japan, France, Italy, Spain, and the United States, we see not only Ando's global reach but also his refined sensitivity for the environs: the play of light through windows, and, in particular, the interaction of buildings with water. From the mesmerizing Church of the Light in Osaka to the luminous Punta della Dogana Contemporary Art Center in Venice, this is a radiant tour through a distinctly contemporary form as much as a timeless appeal of light, elements, and equilibrium. --Publisher's description. |
| Carrier Form: | 96 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 27 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (page 96). |
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9783836535496 3836535491 |
| Index Number: | NA1559 |
| CLC: | TU-863.13 |
| Call Number: | TU-863.13/F992-1 |
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Row House -- Rokko Housing I, II, III, IV -- Koshino House -- Kidosaki House -- Church on the Water -- Church of the Light -- Naoshima Contemporary Art Museum -- Water Temple Hompuku-ji -- Japan Pavilion, Expo '92 -- Komyo-ji temple -- Chikatsu-Asuka Historical Museum -- Museum of Wood -- Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts -- Fabrica -- Meditation Space, UNESCO -- Langen Foundation -- Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth -- Chichu Art Museum and Art House Project -- 4 x 4 House -- Punta della Dogana Contemporary Art Center -- |gLife and work. |