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Prestel Publishing Atlas: Tadao Ando
Prestel Publishing Atlas: Tadao Ando
Prestel Publishing Atlas: Tadao Ando
Prestel Publishing Atlas: Tadao Ando
Prestel Publishing Atlas: Tadao Ando
Prestel Publishing Atlas: Tadao Ando
Prestel Publishing Atlas: Tadao Ando

Atlas: Tadao Ando

Prestel Publishing

$48.05 $68.60

Prestel Publishing
Atlas: Tadao Ando
$48.05 $68.60


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Atlas: Tadao Ando takes you on a fascinating journey to the world of Tadao Ando, one of Japan’s most famous architects. The black-and-white photos by photographer and film director Philippe Séclier present a total of 130 buildings in an interesting, fragmentary way, thus providing a visual overview of the works of the legendary architect as well as a more personal perspective on both its physical and spiritual dimensions. The book was published by the art publishing house Prestel.

In 2012, Philippe Séclier visited Tadao Ando’s iconic Church of the Light, and was immediately compelled to journey around the world to further study the architect’s buildings. This unique presentation of Ando’s work is the result of what turned into a nine-year project to photograph 130 buildings. Walking around each structure, trying to find the proper framing, helped Séclier understand Ando’s genius for siting and composition. Loosely organized by chronology, each building is represented in numerous black and white images, arranged like a mosaic on the page. These fragmented views correspond to Ando’s own philosophy of the logic of structure and geometry. This »atlas« embraces not only the geographic but also thematic range of Ando’s oeuvre—from transit stations in Tokyo and Kobe to art museums in Fort Worth, Texas and Provence, France; from an artists’ retreat on the Mexican coast to the now-demolished Piccadilly Gardens in Manchester, England; from a theater in Milan, Italy, to an upscale restaurant in New York City. Séclier’s photographs of Ando’s numerous religious structures brilliantly illustrate his use of light and shadow to evoke spiritual depth and timelessness while his short texts offer concise observations of each building. A helpful appendix pinpoints the geographic diversity and range of Ando’s oeuvre.

Writer
Foreword: Yann Nussaume
Photographer
Philippe Séclier
Original work
Originally published by: Atelier EXB
Language
English
Publication year
2021
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
296
Size
21 x 28.5 cm
ISBN
978-3-7913-8797-0
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