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Book Review - Tadao Ando: Complete Works 1975-2010 by Philip Jodidio
Japan Architecture News - Jun 09, 2010 - 13:51 9004 views
This weighty coffee-table tome, if accidentally knocked off furniture, could maim a small dog, one like Le Corbusier, who happens to be Tadao Andos pet. This isnt mentioned frivolously - not is it irrelevant to this magnificent, and magnificently flawed, catalogue raisonée of Andos architecture. An autodidact, Ando began his commitment to design at age 15 after reading Corbu rather than seeking a formal design education, and one way of considering the meaningfulness of Andos opus thus far is to treat his vision as Le Corbusiers vision both tamed and allowed to run wild.
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