Ando, Art Edition

The Tadao touch

Ando's complete works to date 1975-2010


Limited to 300 numbered copies, presented in a matt-finish custom oakwood-box designed by the architect. In addition, each copy of this Art Edition comes with an individual sketch hand-drawn and signed by Tadao Ando:

ce ando art edn sketch

Philippe Starck describes him as a "mystic in a country which is no longer mystic." Philip Drew calls his buildings "land art" that "struggle to emerge from the earth." He is the only architect to have won the discipline's four most prestigious prizes: the Pritzker, Carlsberg, Praemium Imperiale, and Kyoto Prize. His name is Tadao Ando, and he is one of the greatest living architects. 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. Ando has designed award-winning private homes, churches, museums, apartment complexes, and cultural spaces throughout Japan, as well as in France, Italy, Spain, and the USA. This book, created at the height of Ando's illustrious career, presents his complete works to date.

The author:
Philip Jodidio studied art history and economics at Harvard, and edited Connaissance des Arts for over 20 years. His books include TASCHEN’s Architecture Now! series, and monographs on Tadao Ando, Norman Foster, Richard Meier, Jean Nouvel, and Zaha Hadid. He is internationally renowned as one of the most popular writers on the subject of architecture.

Ando, Art Edition
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Ando, Art Edition

Philip Jodidio
Hardcover in oakwood box, 12.1 x 15.4 in., 600 pages, $ 3000
ISBN 978-3-8365-1725-6
Multilingual Edition: English, French, German
Availability: In Stock
  • Reviews
"L'éditeur TASCHEN vient de faire paraître deux monographies consacrées à Tadao Ando et Shigeru Ban, les deux stars du pays du Soleil Levant. Conçus comme des hommages à ces maîtres de l'architecture moderne, ces deux ouvrages au format XL ont été conçus par le grand spécialiste Philip Jodidio. Ils sont chacun présentés en deux versions, avec des luxueuses éditions limitées. Tadao Ando a droit à un coffret en bois avec dessin original du maître dans une édition limitée à 300 exemplaires; Shigeru Ban, lui, est sublimé par une boîte en bambou tressé dessiné par l'artiste et tirée à 200 exemplaires." Idéat, Paris, France
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