Title & Author:

Simplicity / [presented by] John Pawson.

Publication:

London, England : Pidgeon Digital, 1996.

Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (43 minutes)) : sound, color

Notes:
Temple Of Diana, Sounion, Greece -- Dean Clough Mills, Halifax -- Pawson House, London. Floorboards -- Pawson House, London. Carrara Marble Worktops -- Mies Chair In Rothman Apartment (Executed In Partnership With Claudio Silvestrin) -- Pawson House, London. Staircase -- Pawson House, London. Bathroom -- Pawson House, London. Living Room -- Calvin Klein Shop, New York. Exterior -- Leslie Waddington Gallery, London (Executed In Partnership With Claudio Silvestrin) -- Runkel Hue-Williams Gallery, London (Executed In Partnership With Claudio Silvestrin) -- Hans Neuendorf House, Mallorca (Executed In Partnership With Claudio Silvestrin). Exterior -- Hans Neuendorf House, Mallorca (Executed In Partnership With Claudio Silvestrin). Plan -- Hans Neuendorf House, Mallorca (Executed In Partnership With Claudio Silvestrin). Atrium -- Hans Neuendorf House, Mallorca (Executed In Partnership With Claudio Silvestrin). Swimming Pool -- Calvin Klein Headquarters, New York. Computer Image -- Jigsaw Showroom, Bond Street, London. Exterior At Dusk -- Jigsaw Showroom, Bond Street, London. Ground Level Showroom -- Jigsaw Showroom, Bond Street, London. Inside The Entrance -- Jigsaw Showroom, Bond Street, London. Changing Rooms At Rear -- Jigsaw Showroom, Bond Street, London. Stairs To Lower Ground -- Jigsaw Showroom, Bond Street, London. Exterior At Night.

Summary:

John Pawson trained at the AA and started to practise architecture in the 1980s. His work is much influenced by four years spent in Japan, which led to his being known as a Minimalist. He prefers the word 'simplicity'. He says "If you reduce the elements and you pare down the materials and the form and everything to its absolute minimum, you tend to produce spaces which become in themselves works of art. But you have to know when to stop in the business of subtraction. For example, if you subtract anything from a beautifully proportioned Georgian interior, you 'damage its seamlessness'". That for him is the definition of Minimalism. In his talk he describes showrooms that he has designed as well as a house in Mallorca and his own house in London. Their very simplicity produces exquisite results.

Subject:

Architecture Aesthetics.
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Architecture Esthétique.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Architecture, Modern.

Added entries:

Pawson, John, 1949- narrator.