Ando by Philip Jodidio

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Tadao Ando is the only architect to have won the discipline's four most prestigious prizes: the Pritzker, Carlsberg, Praemium Imperiale, and Kyoto Prize. This book shows how, combining influences from Japanese tradition with the best of Modernism, Ando has developed a completely unique building aesthetic.

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Ando by Philip Jodidio

Tadao Ando is the only architect to have won the discipline's four most prestigious prizes: the Pritzker, Carlsberg, Praemium Imperiale, and Kyoto Prize. This book shows how, combining influences from Japanese tradition with the best of Modernism, Ando has developed a completely unique building aesthetic.
"In architecture, there is a part that is the result of logical reasoning and a part that is created through the sensesThere is always a point where they clash. I don't think architecture can be created without that collision." -Tadao Ando"
Philip Jodidio studied art history and economics at Harvard University, and was Editor-in-Chief of the French journal Connaissance des Arts for over two decades. He has published numerous articles and books, including TASCHEN's Architecture Now! volumes I and II, Building a New Millennium, and monographs on Norman Foster, Richard Meier, and Alvaro Siza. Jodidio is internationally renowned as one of the most talented writers on the subject of architecture.
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ISBN 13 9783822809303
ISBN 10 3822809306
Title Ando
Author Philip Jodidio
Series Jumbo
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Taschen GmbH
Year published 2007-07-15
Number of pages 500
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.