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Discussion: A Second Look - Tadao Andos Church of Light in Ibaraki
When Tadao Ando completed his Church of Light in the late 1980s in Ibaraki, Japan seemed a lot farther away than now. Globalization had not yet reache...
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Discussion: A Second Look (Part 2) - Tadao Andos Church of Light in Ibaraki
For most Japanese – only about 1 percent of the population are practising Christians – a church is, most of all, a place for Western-style weddings. T...
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Report: Spatial Sculpture or Furniture Market? The Vitra Building
"Rolf Fehlbaum, the furniture manufacturer and head of Vitra in Weil on the Rhine, says that when commissioning artists, one should be aware that they...
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A Critical View: Modernism in a Landscape Setting Langen Foundation Museum in Neuss
The history of this former NATO rocket station had no influence on the choice of materials nor on Tadao Ando’s architecture. What was once a prohibite...
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Buddhist Temple in Saijo
Some 250 years ago, the Komyo-Ji Temple complex was erected in the coastal town of Saijo, Japan, by the Jodo sect. In contrast to other Buddhist sects...
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House and Studio in Münsterland
"Speaking about the quality of his exposed concrete walls, Tadao Ando once said that they were abstract, without physical presence; only the space the...
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