Piccadilly Manchester

Latest sale for an educational text book in the UK, this shot shows the newest urban regeneration in Piccadilly, Manchester including the screen by Tadao Ando (at the back of the photo)

For a different shot of the fountain see here

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The Colour of Light

My latest book review on LibraryThing is Tadao Ando, The Colour of Light by Richard Pare

This book is as much about the photography than the architecture. Richard Pare is a UK photographer with a deep insight into Ando's work. His photograph's pick up on Ando's penchant for the abstract and turns minimalist concrete structures into things of beauty.

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Tadao Ando Screen Piccadilly Manchester UK

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Screen Manchester Piccadilly by Tadao Ando

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Tadao Ando

You either love him or hate him for his abstract structures or his use of concrete but Tadao Ando has a large international following and a significant list of architectural commissions. My interest developed when he designed the a Japanese style Pavilion and Screen for Manchester UK's Piccadilly Gardens. It is designed to screen the Gardens from the tramway and as a structure I'm not sure it works. It seems to be in the words of Frank Lloyd Wright (correct me if I'm wrong) on the place rather than of the place. In other words it looks out of place.

Now, don't get me wrong this doesn't mean that I don't like the screen. In fact, through trying to photograph the screen I have learnt a lot about the man behind it and his love of light, shadow and mass including the interplay of such a solid object with its surroundings especially the contrast with softer more permeable elements such as trees and foliage as I hope the photos I took below show.

You can view all of my photo's of Tadao Ando's Screen here

This is the book that I first read about Ando

More about Tadao Ando (a brief biography)

Tadao Ando at Great Buildings Online