John Pawson: Themes and Projects

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John Pawson is the foremost proponent of minimalism in architecture and design. Already known to designers for his austere 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 explores the attributes and substances used in the work of John Pawson, such as mass, light, ritual and structure, as well as materials and order. It also features six of Pawson's new projects, completed or started since the publication of John Pawson Works. This book looks at the spatial themes that preoccupy John Pawson's work through a close examination of a range of different projects. It examines how light, mass and structure inform the architecture, the role of ritual and order, as well as the integration of internal and external spaces. Six new projects, Pawson House in London, Calvin Klein Paris, Vacheron Constantin, the marketmuseum, a private house in Germany and the Novy Dvur monastery are featured, as well as eight essays by a range of different writers on the effect of the work. Like Works, this book is a record of John Pawson's dev

Deyan Sudjic, formerly Editor of Domus magazine and Director of 'Glasgow 1999: UK City of Architecture and Design', is a well-known writer on architecture and design. He has written several special and general interest books on design including John Pawson Works, The 100-Mile City and The Architecture Pack. There are also texts by Anita Moryadas, Sam Hecht, Phoebe Greenwood, Robert Winder, Alison Morris, Bruce Chatwin, Michael Craig-Martin, Katherine Bucknell and a monk from the monastery at Novy Dvur.

"'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"