Tadao Ando: conversations with students

by Andō, Tadao Hunter, Matthew

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Full title :Tadao Ando : conversations with students / translated and edited by Matthew Hunter

Summary

The newest volume in our popular Conversations series features Japanese architect Tadao Ando. One of the most celebrated living architects, Ando is best known for crafting serenely austere structures that fuse Japanese building traditions with Western modernism. His minimalist masterworks, geometric forms clad in silky-smooth exposed concrete, are suffused with natural light and set in perfect harmony with the landscape. In these highlights from lecturesdelivered at the University of Tokyos Graduate School of Architecture, Ando candidly describes his experiences as a largely self-taught practitioner, tracing his development from an early interest in the traditional building craft of his native Japan through his political awakening in the turbulent 1960s to his current stature as one of the worlds foremost architects. In addition to exploring his aesthetic influences and working process, Ando offers students a road map not only for maintaining professional integrity, but also for becoming effective agents of change in the world Tadao Ando: Conversations with Students, the first of Andos writings to be translated into English, includes a foreword by Ando written specifically for this publication.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2012

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Princetor Architectural Press
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:2012

Notes

Originaltitel: Kenchiku o kataru

Conversations series features Japanese architect Tadao Ando. One of the most celebrated living architects, Ando is best known for crafting serenely austere structures that fuse Japanese building traditions with Western modernism. His minimalist masterworks, geometric forms clad in silky-smooth exposed concrete, are suffused with natural light and set in perfect harmony with the landscape. In these highlights from lecturesdelivered at the University of Tokyos Graduate School of Architecture, Ando candidly describes his experiences as a largely self-taught practitioner, tracing his development from an early interest in the traditional building craft of his native Japan through his political awakening in the turbulent 1960s to his current stature as one of the worlds foremost architects

In addition to exploring his aesthetic influences and working process, Ando offers students a road map not only for maintaining professional integrity, but also for becoming effective agents of change in the world Tadao Ando: Conversations with Students, the first of Andos writings to be translated into English, includes a foreword by Ando written specifically for this publication

The Physical Object

Description:96 s. : : illustrations

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781616890704, 1616890703
oclc:ocn874814899

Origins. Regionalism. Toward a Living Architecture. Individuality. Partiality and Totality in Architecture. A Love for Architecture. Questions and answers.