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BUILDING TYPE STUDY 1,024 CULTURAL BUILDINGS MAKING SIMPLE geometry resonate complex ways is a hallmark of Tadao work. By doing this, Ando injects a subtle dynamism to the composition, which he accentuates with a dramatic double-helix stair spiraling through the atrium. Credits ARCHITECT: Tadao Ando...

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Published in:Architectural Record Vol. 208; no. 12; pp. 72 - 78
Main Author: PEARSON, CLIFFORD A.
Format: Article
Published: BNP Media Dec2020
Subjects:
Concrete construction
Art exhibitions
Framing (Building)
COVID-19 pandemic
Concrete columns
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Summary:BUILDING TYPE STUDY 1,024 CULTURAL BUILDINGS MAKING SIMPLE geometry resonate complex ways is a hallmark of Tadao work. By doing this, Ando injects a subtle dynamism to the composition, which he accentuates with a dramatic double-helix stair spiraling through the atrium. Credits ARCHITECT: Tadao Ando Architect & Associates - Tadao Ando, Masataka Yano, Kazutoshi Miyamura ARCHITECT OF RECORD: Midea Real Estate Holding GENERAL CONTRACTOR: China State Construction CLIENT: He Art Museum SIZE: 176,000 square feet COST: withheld COMPLETION DATE: July 2020 DIAGRAM PHOTO (COLOR): A POURED-CONCRETE double-helix stair in the central atrium imprints the building with its architectural DNA (above).