Following the acclaimed first volume in Tadao Ando s monograph series with Phaidon, Tadao Ando: The Colours of Light (1996), this new volume showcases the continual collaboration between Ando and the photographer Richard Pare. Beginning with the Pulitzer Arts Foundation in St. Louis, Missouri, in 2001, the book presents Pare s extraordinary photographs of 28 contemporary projects in locations around the world, including Japan, Germany, Mexico, South Korea, Italy, and the United States.

Opening with a foreword by Ando and an introduction by Dominique Perrault, it additionally features original drawings by Ando created exclusively for the book and a detailed appendix providing key information and site plans for each project.