Ando

Philippe Starck describes him as a “mystic in a country which is no longer mystic.” Karl Lagerfeld regards him as a 21st-century genius who “saw everything, learned everything, then forgot everything and remade everything.” For the Pritzker Prize jury, “originality is his medium.”
In this essential TASCHEN introduction to Tadao Ando we explore the hybrid of tradition, modernism, and function that allows his buildings to enchant architects, designers