Towards Light
a philosophy of life and architecture
$39.99
- Hardcover
232 pages
- Release Date
15 December 2026
Summary
Tadao Ando is one of the most celebrated architects of our time. Winner of the Pritzker Prize and numerous other international awards, his bold, concrete buildings and their interplay with light, shadow, and nature have become emblematic symbols of the modern world, blending modernist design with Eastern spirituality from his native Japan.
Now, at eighty-five, Ando looks back on a lifetime of making. Born in a working-class family living amongst the ruins of postwar Osaka, he could no…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781761381980 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1761381989 |
| Author: | Tadao Ando |
| Publisher: | Scribe Publications |
| Imprint: | Scribe Publications |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 232 |
| Release Date: | 15 December 2026 |
| Weight: | 320g |
| Dimensions: | 22mm x 135mm x 216mm |
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Tadao Ando
Tadao Ando (Author)
Tadao Ando is one of the most renowned contemporary Japanese architects. He has designed many notable buildings around the world, including Row House in Sumiyoshi, Osaka, 1976, which gave him the Annual Prize of Architectural Institute of Japan in 1979, and the Church of the Light in Osaka, 1989. Among the many awards he has received are The Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1995, Gold Medal of the American Institute of Architects in 2002, and Grande Ufficiale dell’Ordine della Stella d’Italia in 2015. He received the Japanese Order of Culture in 2010.
Polly Barton (Translator)
Polly Barton is a literary translator and writer. Her translations from Japanese to English include Butter by Asako Yuzuki and There’s No Such Thing as an Easy Job by Kikuko Tsumura. Her translation of Hunchback by Saou Ichikawa was longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2025. Barton has also written the books Fifty Sounds and Porn: An Oral History, and her debut novel What Am I, A Deer? is out in 2026.
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