Catalogue of the exhibition at the Pompidou Centre in Paris from October 10 to December 31, 2018.
Tadao Ando. The Challenge.
Flammarion
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| N° d'inventaire | 25240 |
| Format | 25 x 29 |
| Détails | 258 p., publisher's hardcover. |
| Publication | Paris, 2018 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782081445772 |
The Centre Pompidou is dedicating a major exhibition to Tadao Ando, a leading figure in contemporary architecture. This retrospective examines the Japanese architect's creative principles, such as his use of smooth concrete, the preeminence of simple geometric volumes, the integration of natural elements—such as light and water—into his spatial arrangements, and the importance he places on the intensity of the physical experience generated by his architecture.
Self-taught, Tadao Ando was deeply influenced by his discovery of Le Corbusier's work. After several trips to the United States, Europe, and Africa, during which he studied the great masterpieces of architecture, he returned to Japan in 1969 and established his own practice in Osaka. Rewarded with several distinctions, including the prestigious Pritzker Prize in 1995, he now works on numerous monumental projects, including the new Fondation Pinault museum housed in the former Paris Bourse de Commerce.
This monograph reveals and explains the architect's understated and elegant work through seventy of his finest projects. This publication is enhanced by three portfolios featuring Tadao Ando's black and white photographs, pencil drawings, and, reproduced for the first time, his travel journals, the inspiration for his early creations.
Self-taught, Tadao Ando was deeply influenced by his discovery of Le Corbusier's work. After several trips to the United States, Europe, and Africa, during which he studied the great masterpieces of architecture, he returned to Japan in 1969 and established his own practice in Osaka. Rewarded with several distinctions, including the prestigious Pritzker Prize in 1995, he now works on numerous monumental projects, including the new Fondation Pinault museum housed in the former Paris Bourse de Commerce.
This monograph reveals and explains the architect's understated and elegant work through seventy of his finest projects. This publication is enhanced by three portfolios featuring Tadao Ando's black and white photographs, pencil drawings, and, reproduced for the first time, his travel journals, the inspiration for his early creations.
Self-taught, Tadao Ando was deeply influenced by his discovery of Le Corbusier's work. After several trips to the United States, Europe, and Africa, during which he studied the great masterpieces of architecture, he returned to Japan in 1969 and established his own practice in Osaka. Rewarded with several distinctions, including the prestigious Pritzker Prize in 1995, he now works on numerous monumental projects, including the new Fondation Pinault museum housed in the former Paris Bourse de Commerce.
This monograph reveals and explains the architect's understated and elegant work through seventy of his finest projects. This publication is enhanced by three portfolios featuring Tadao Ando's black and white photographs, pencil drawings, and, reproduced for the first time, his travel journals, the inspiration for his early creations.