A Visual Inventory

A Visual Inventory
Author: John Pawson
Publisher: Phaidon Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012-03-05
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9780714863504

John Pawson's career as an architect and designer spans a variety of sizes and programs: from bowls to bridges, and monasteries to Calvin Klein stores. In addition to his acclaimed design work, he is the author of Phaidon's successful Minimum, a book that paired images and captions to illustrate the notion of simplicity in a beautiful and inspirational manner. Visual Inventory presents some of the images from Pawson's personal collection of over 200,000 digital snapshots. The book opens with an essay explaining the importance of photography as a tool for Pawson's work, and the images are set one per page with illuminating captions. Covering a huge range of subjects, the photographs form a remarkle body of reference material. Some of the images illustrate a particular idea out form, material or space; others reflect the author's interest in returning repeatedly to certain subjects, capturing the changes brought by different weather, light conditions, seasons and patterns of use. Each image has been chosen for the book because it is useful, offering a lesson in visual thinking. None of the photographs in the book have been cropped or altered; it is the selection, arrangement and captioning of the images that make this book unique, valule and attractive to any architect, designer, artist or student who wants to see the world around them with a stronger eye.

John Pawson

John Pawson
Author: John Pawson
Publisher: Phaidon Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2004-11-01
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9780714844527

A thematic overview of the work the minimalist architect and designer.

Spectrum

Spectrum
Author: John Pawson
Publisher: Phaidon Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2017-11-13
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9780714875286

Globally acclaimed miminalist architect, John Pawson, celebrates colors through 320 inspiring photographs. "Pawson is a lot more than just an architect; he's also handy with a camera and has a good eye for what makes a nice picture." —Monocle Globally acclaimed architectural designer John Pawson takes you on a multi-colored journey across the world through a carefully curated sequence of 320 images, a celebration of color from one of the most unexpected sources. His architecture might be known for its limited color palette – primarily white – but his photographs tell another story. Pawson is always taking photographs of patterns, details, textures, and spatial arrangements that often inform his work, which includes the new Design Museum in London and Calvin Klein retail stores.

John Pawson: Anatomy of Minimum

John Pawson: Anatomy of Minimum
Author: Alison Morris
Publisher: Phaidon Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2019-10-16
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9780714874845

A powerful new monograph showcasing the defining elements and architectural anatomy at the very heart of Pawson's work This monograph, the latest volume in Phaidon's documentation of John Pawson's stellar career, hones in on the essential details that mark his distinctive architectural and aesthetic style. It groups a selection of his recent works into domestic projects, including his own house in rural England; extended sacred spaces; and repurposed structures, such as London's Design Museum. Throughout its pages, this book explores Pawson's unique approach to proportion and light and his precise language of windows, doors, and walls.

Living And Eating

Living And Eating
Author: John Pawson
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 767
Release: 2014-01-31
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 1473501849

Living and Eating is above all a cookery book, packed with 'luscious recipes' (Marie Claire), with food that has been selected to be simple and delicious. The intention is to narrow the gap between how we eat on a daily basis and how we entertain, recognizing that the most relaxed form of entertaining is simply about inviting people to join you at your table. The collection of recipes is designed to cater for all seasons and occasions, and gives attention to making the best ever version of everyone's favourites: there are recipes for roast chicken, the definitive tomato salad, tagliatelle a la carbonara, apple tart and summer pudding. The book goes beyond the food itself to look at the whole context in which we enjoy it - the plates and glasses we eat and drink from, the equipment we use to prepare the food and the kitchen in which we cook. Exquisitely designed and produced, and illustrated with stunning food photography and photographs of John Pawson's London house, Living and Eating is an unparalleled, much praised guide to a simple yet utterly seductive way of cooking, eating and living.

Home Farm Cooking

Home Farm Cooking
Author: John Pawson
Publisher: Phaidon Press
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2021
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 9781838661267

A long-awaited second cookbook from celebrated architectural designer John Pawson and his wife Catherine

Minimum - Mini Edition

Minimum - Mini Edition
Author: John Pawson
Publisher: Phaidon Press
Total Pages: 326
Release: 1998-10-29
Genre: Design
ISBN: 9780714838175

The highly sought-after bible of the Minimalist aesthetic.

John Pawson Works

John Pawson Works
Author: Sudjic Deyan
Publisher: Phaidon
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2005-06-15
Genre: Architecture
ISBN:

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

Ornament is Crime

Ornament is Crime
Author: Albert Hill
Publisher: Phaidon Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2017-06-19
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9780714874166

An unprecedented homage to modernist architecture from the 1920s up to the present day Ornament Is Crime is a celebration and a thought-provoking reappraisal of modernist architecture. The book proposes that modernism need no longer be confined by traditional definitions, and can be seen in both the iconic works of the modernist canon by Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe, and Walter Gropius, as well as in the work of some of the best contemporary architects of the twenty-first century. This book is a visual manifesto and a celebration of the most important architectural movement in modern history.

Álvaro Siza

Álvaro Siza
Author: Carlos Castanheira
Publisher: Phaidon Press
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2014-09-29
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9780714868615

Alvaro Siza (b.1933) is considered Portugal’s greatest living architect. His buildings are known for their austere beauty and their imaginative relationship to their surroundings. Relatively unknown outside his native Portugal when he won the 1992 Pritzker Prize, he has since built a number of masterful buildings around the world while retaining strong ties to his country. This volume highlights over 20 of these projects, approximately half of which are in Portugal. Each is explained in depth by author Carlos Castanheira as well as Siza himself, and illustrated with photographs, complete sets of drawings, and a wealth of Siza’s sketches.