Discover the truly unique aesthetics of Tadao Ando, the only architect to have won the four most prestigious awards in the field: Pritzker, Carlsberg, Praemium Imperiale, and Kyoto Prize. Philippe Starck describes him as "a mystic in a country that is no longer mystical." Philip Drew characterizes his buildings as "land art" as they "strive to emerge from the earth." His designs have been described as haikus made of concrete, water, light, and space. For Ando, true architecture is not expressed through metaphysics or beauty, but through a space that embodies natural wisdom.

This fully updated edition covers his career, including recent and renowned projects such as the Bourse de Commerce in Paris and the Nakanoshima Children's Book Forest in Osaka. Each project is presented through photographs and architectural plans to explore Ando's unique use of concrete, wood, water, light, space, and natural forms.

Including designs from award-winning private residences, churches, museums, and apartment buildings, as well as cultural spaces across Japan, South Korea, France, Italy, Germany, Mexico, and the USA, this XXL edition brings you closer to a modernist master.

Pages: 740, Year of Publication: 0626, Dimensions: 30.8x30.8cm