Tadao Ando: Complete Works (AV Monographs 241-242)

Tadao Ando: Complete Works (AV Monographs 241-242) – A former boxer and self-taught architect, Tadao Ando (Osaka, Japan, 1941) is considered one of the masters of contemporary architecture. Monumental, abstract, and essential, his considerable body of work-which includes more than three hundred completed buildings-is defined by its use of rigorous geometries, simple materials, and scenic lighting. With introductions by Kenneth Frampton and Luis Fernández-Galiano, ‘AV Monographs 241-242’ presents a selection of 35 works organized in a detailed chronological sequence, and reviews the existential serenity and connection to nature that characterize the Japanese master’s work.