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Tadao Ando’s Book on the Modern Art Museum of Ft. Worth

Posted on 17 July 2008

Rizzoli New York recently released a book on the Modern Art Museum of Ft. Worth designed by one of the most influential artichitect of all time, Japanese architect Tadao Ando.

"The self-taught architect,  combines the influences of Japanese building traditions with the elegance of modernism. His projects encourage contemplation and demonstrate a reverence for essential forms. Respected for his powerful, meditative spaces and his sensual yet refined use of ordinary materials—wood, steel, concrete, glass—Ando’s work resonates with profound intelligence, unpretentious elegance, and an almost palpable sense of harmony. The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth is comprised of five pavilions that seem to float on a pool of water. Inside, diffuse and reflected natural light bathe the interior and the art in an even glow. This book thoroughly and luxuriously documents Ando’s most recent masterpiece with glorious new color photography of the building, the reflecting pools, the grand interior spaces, and the galleries."

The author "Philip Jodidio has written more than fifteen books on contemporary architecture, including monographs on Tadao Ando, Norman Foster, Richard Meier, and Alvaro Siza. He is the author of Rizzoli’s Tadao Ando at Naoshima: Art, Architecture, Nature. He was the Editor in Chief of Connaissance des Arts from 1980 to 2002."

A book on a building considered one of his greatest creation is surely one to keep for those who are interested.  The book is available now on Amazon.

Thanks to Selectism for the info.



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