john pawson

born Halifax/1949

study Shiro Kuramata/Architectual Association studio Pawson Architects/1981

minimum

published/year Phaidon/1996

- mass / the uncomplicated of the unadorned wall

- light / shadows and power of transformation

- structure / the discipline of mathematics

- ritual / voluntary poverty and its enduring appeal

- landscape / marks made by man

- order / reason made visible

- containment / how architecture defines space

- repetition / elements of simplicity

- volume / the transforming power of proportion

- essence / the irreducible minimum

- expression / silence as language

inspiration- luis barragan

- mies van der rohe

design- minimalistic aesthetics

- modern sophistication

- simplest and purist connecting

- the light is a tool

- space is above the form

- material such as elementary tissue

- coexistence of luxury and temperance

pawson house

place/year London,UK/1999

baron house

place/year Sweden/2005

calvin klein

new york

paris

tokyo

seoul

monastery

place/year Nový Dvůr,CZ/2004

lake crossing

place/year Kew,UK/2006

dishes

plain space