Poetry Books by Tadao Ando
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Published Date: 2003
Categories: Art museums
The Pulitzer family who established the world famous prize also created the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, and to house their art collection the Japanese architect Tadao Ando was commissioned to design the new museum building. In October 2001, Ando's first public structure in the USA was opened in St. Louis (Missouri). It consists of two parallel rectangular buildings one of which is higher than the other, between the two wings is a reflecting water pool. With great subtlety Ando has linked interior and exterior spaces, ensuring optimal daylight is present. The artists Ellsworth Kelly and Richard Serra were also very much involved in the design process. This building with its striking yet reserved sculptural presence has been captured in duotone photographs which highlight Ando's deceptively simple composition of space and light. Tadao Ando's most recent museum building - a place where space, light and art come together in serene harmony.
Publisher: Mondadori Electa
Published Date: 2008
Categories: Art
Includes writings (v. 1 p. 444-482) by T. Ando (1941- ) in Italian translation and anthology of criticism (v. 1 p. 483-512).
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Published Date: 1998-05-01
Categories: Political Science
Tadao Ando, 1995 Pritzker Prize laureate, is probably the most important and influential Japanese architect working today. He is famed for his spare and rigorous compositions and use of materials, notably concrete. In Ando's architecture the experience of space and nature - sunlight, sky and wind - is one of the main themes. Among his best-known buildings are the Wall House, the Rokko Housing Development, the Mount Rokko Chapel and the Museum of Literature in Himeji. This Studio Paperback covers important recent projects and buildings including the Japan Pavilion in Seville and the Vitra Seminar House in Weil/Basel. The author, Masao Furuyama, has worked closely with Tadao Ando on this book.
