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About the Book

John Pawson (b.1949) is the foremost proponent of a minimal aesthetic in architecture and design. Already known to designers for his ascetic yet luxurious interiors, he has attained public acclaim for his high-profile retail projects such as the Calvin Klein flagship store in New York, his celebrity clients like Martha Stewart and his book Minimum.

This book looks at the spatial themes that dominate Pawson's work, through a close examination of a range of different projects. It explores how light, mass and structure inform the architecture and the role of ritual and order, as well as the integration of internal and external spaces.

Six new projects are featured: products for 'When Objects Work', Calvin Klein Paris, Vacheron Constantin in Geneva, the Marketmuseum in the UK, a private house in Germany and the Novy Dvur monastery in the Czech Republic. Essays by Deyan Sudjic, Sam Hecht, Michael Craig-Martin, Phoebe Greenwood, Robert Winder, Kate Bucknell, Bruce Chatwin and Father Samuel describe the effects of these spaces.

Like John Pawson Works, this compilation is a record of Pawson's developing approach to design and his unique position at the meeting point of art and design, through which his ethos offers incisive insights into culture, society and architecture.



Table of Contents:
Introduction; 'Themes' Anita Moryadas: Mass, Light, Structure, Ritual, Landscape, Order, Containment, Repetition, Volume, Essence, Expression, Material; 'Definitions of Architecture' Deyan Sudjic; 'Things That Move Through The Air' Sam Hecht; 'Art in Architecture' Michael Craig-Martin; 'Living in a Pawson House' Phoebe Greenwood; 'Rus in Urbe' Robert Winder; 'How it Seems to a Neighbour' Katherine Bucknell; 'Wabi' Bruce Chatwin; 'Monks and Architecture' A monk of the Abbey of Sept-Fons/Novy Dvur; 'Projects in Detail' Alison Morris: Calvin Klein, Paris; Vacheron Constantin, Geneva; Marketmuseum, Radcliffe; Private House, Germany; Pawson House, London; Monastery, Novy Dvur; 'Life in the Office' Alison Morris: Photographs by Christoph Kircherer; Le Thoronet: Photographs by Christoph Kircherer; Selected Projects; Acknowledgements

About the Author :
Dejan Sudjic was formerly editor of Blueprint and Domus magazines, and Director of Glasgow 1999: UK City of Architecture and Design and the Venice Architectural Biennale 2002. Architecture critic of The Observer, he has written many books, including John Pawson Works, The 100 Mile City (1992), Blade of light: the Story of London's Millenium Bridge (2002) and Ron Arad published by Phaidon.

Further contributing authors include Anita Moryadas, Sam Hecht, Phoebe Greenwood, Robert Winder, Alison Morris, Bruce Chatwin, Michael Craig-Martin, Katherine Bucknell and Father Samuel from the monastery at Novy Dvur.



Review :
"'It is the book's central essay by Deyan Sudjic that gets closest to what makes Pawson so compelling as a designer. Sudjic allies Pawson with a diverse group of self-taught designers, including Jean Prouve, Pierre Chareau, Tadao Ando and Craig Ellwood, all of whom had or have idiosyncratic styles and real personality. Pawson is best seen in this light - as someone pursuing an individual path whose rigour and commitment is unmistakable... a beautiful volume.' Modern Painters 'Characteristic of John Pawson's unique viewpoint on the junction of art and design, it also offers much wider insights into culture, society and architecture.' The Property Executive 'John Pawson's immaculate spaces are said to inspire religious awe, and this generously illustrated monograph adroitly recreates that impression... The book is a luscious introduction to a luxuriously empty world.' Azure"


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780714844527
  • Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Phaidon Press Ltd
  • Height: 245 mm
  • No of Pages: 128
  • Returnable: Y
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 12 mm
  • Weight: 470 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0714844527
  • Publisher Date: 24 Sep 2004
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Returnable: Y
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: Themes and Projects
  • Width: 172 mm


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