A stunning portfolio of work by Japan’s leading contemporary architect, showcasing exquisite photography of 28 extraordinary projects selected by Ando

Following the acclaimed first volume in Tadao Ando s monograph series with Phaidon, Tadao Ando: The Colours of Light (1996), this new volume showcases the continual collaboration between Ando and the photographer Richard Pare. Beginning with the Pulitzer Arts Foundation in St. Louis, Missouri, in 2001, the book presents Pare s extraordinary photographs of 28 contemporary projects in locations around the world, including Japan, Germany, Mexico, South Korea, Italy, and the United States.

Opening with a foreword by Ando and an introduction by Dominique Perrault, it additionally features original drawings by Ando created exclusively for the book and a detailed appendix providing key information and site plans for each project.

Details

ISBN13: 9781838669294
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 280
Edition: The Colours of Light Volume 2
Publication Date: 08 Apr 2025
Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd
Publication City, Country: London, United Kingdom
Dimensions (cm): 29(H)x25(L)x3.2(W)
Weight (gm):

Author Biography

Tadao Ando is Japan s leading contemporary architect. Working primarily in structural concrete, alongside subtle details in natural materials like wood and stone, Ando has received the Pritzker Prize in 1995 and the American Institute of Architects Gold Medal in 2002.

Richard Pare is a photographer and founding curator of photography at the Canadian Centre for Architecture. He has exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Martin Gropiusbau in Berlin, and the Royal Academy of Arts in London.

Dominique Perrault is a French architect and urban planner.

Reviews

‘Tadao Ando’s architecture never ceases to spellbind.’ – Cultured Magazine

‘Poetry in concrete and glass.’ – FREDERIC Magazine

Praise for Volume 1, Tadao Ando: Colours of Light:

‘Exquisitely photographed by Richard Pare, the details of Mr Ando’s houses, office buildings, meditation spaces and churches haunt the retina.’ – New York Times

‘A superb example of a monograph that is more than simply a catalog of buildings. Richard Pare’s photographs beautifully capture the abstraction, the sublime simplicity, the materiality, and the quality of time (lines) in Ando’s work.‘ – Jury of the American Institute of Architects