John Pawson: Works - Softcover

Sudjic, Deyan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0714843822 ISBN 13: 9780714843827

Publisher: Phaidon Press, 2005

Synopsis

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. John Pawson Works features ten of Pawson's projects, each one treated as a case study of the design process as experienced by architect, client and critic. This book tracks the course of the relationship between an architect and his clients, between an architect and the design briefs set for him, and between the architect and his own intellectual approach to design and its impact on his work. The author seeks to make the emotional and artistic content of John Pawson's work explicit through a close examination of a range of different projects. Sudjic's incisive text, aided by specially commissioned pictures, traces the design process, the architect's working methods and his philosophical approach. Sudjic considers the interaction between architect and client, the way in which design is influenced by the processes of construction and making, and explores th

About this title

About the Author:

Deyan 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 Themes and Projects, The 100 Mile City (1992), Blade of light: the Story of London's Millennium Bridge (2002) and Ron Arad published by Phaidon.

Review:

"For the minimalist in your life, this would be the perfect present: a book that is as refined, precise and elegant as the buildings it describes."-LA Architect "John Pawson Works is not your ordinary monograph, thanks to lively prose by Deyan Sudjic, the editor of Domus, the Italian design magazine."-Julie Iovine, The New York Times

About this edition

• Publisher: Phaidon Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0714843822
• ISBN 13: 9780714843827
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272