Tadao Ando’s Lessons in Light

Tadao Ando’s Lessons in Light

From Paris to Osaka to St. Louis, a new coffee-table book collects the Japanese architect’s bright, delicate designs, photographed by Richard Pare By Elena Clavarino Over 50 years ago, Tadao Ando watched people at prayer within Le Corbusier’s Notre-Dame du Haut, a Roman Catholic chapel. A blinding ray of light poured down from above, illuminating the congregation. “It was a sublime yet gentle light that embraced the praying souls,” Ando said. “I…