Tadao Ando's Church of the Light

What do we look at? The wall or the cross, which is not really there?

Former professional boxer, Tadao Ando, though self-taught, is acknowledged as one of the most important Japanese architects and one of the greatest representatives of the minimalist current in contemporary architecture.

Framed in aesthetic design with a powerful contemporary layout and creating an engaging visual but informative narrative, this book will take you on a fascinating photo-journey to one of Ando's world-known signature architectural works - Church of the Light.

Almost 30 people from all over the world who visited the place in different years took part in crafting this book by sharing their photo-memories of the Church to help you to reveal the spiritual secret of Ando's "light".

What do we look at? The wall or the cross, which is not really there? Framed in aesthetic design with a powerful contemporary layout and creating an engaging visual but informative narrative, this book will take you on a fascinating journey to one of Tadao Ando's world-known signature architectural works - Church of the Light.
Valeriy is a filmmaker and author of Architeg - a carefully crafted book series on famed architects who changed the way we think about buildings. He writes a blog about contemporary architecture and likes to believe that he is a tireless seeker of artistic inspiration, old vinyl records lover, and ardent appreciator of minimalism.