Where does john Pawson live in the Cotswolds?

Where does john Pawson live in the Cotswolds?

John Pawson gives us a tour of his countryside retreat in the Cotswolds. Home Farm, in a small village in the Cotswolds, is the second home that John Pawson always resisted having.

Where does john Pawson live?

The minimalist master used clean lines and spare spaces to transform a crumbling 1610 farmhouse into a perfect country retreat, now the subject of a new book.

Where is John Pawson’s homefarm?

the Cotswolds
Home Farm is John Pawson’s self-designed minimalist second home in the Cotswolds, England, featuring three kitchens but no clutter. John Pawson, a British designer known for his minimalism, converted the farming complex that dates from 1610 into a family retreat in the English countryside.

What is John Pawson known for?

john pawson is a british architectural designer whose work is known for its minimalist aesthetic. pawson has completed a number of architectural and interior projects across the world.

What did John Pawson design?

Design Museum
John Pawson/Structures

Who designed design Museum?

John Pawson
Design Museum/Architects
The unique landmark from the 1960s, a Grade II* listed building had stood vacant for over a decade, was transformed by a design team led by John Pawson who made the building fit for a 21st century museum, whilst at the same time retaining its unique spatial quality.

When did design museum start?

1989
Design Museum/Opened
Made in 1989. 2019 marked 30 years since the Design Museum originally opened its doors in a converted banana warehouse in Shad Thames, among the once economically vibrant London docklands.

What makes Pawson’s Cotswolds home so special?

Inside Home Farm, Pawson’s Cotswolds home, which uses the building’s original timber and precise geometric design to fuse the modern with the historic. Photograph: Gilbert McCarragher

Is the Pawson family still in business?

They are not any longer. After a brief introduction to the European elm and raw stainless steel of his perfectly hollowed-out kitchen, Pawson, who is a boyish 70 years old, walks me first around the medieval carp pond beside which the buildings are set.

Is John Pawson the most influential British architect of his generation?

I need not have worried. Pawson, probably the most influential British architectural designer of his generation, has for 40 years been a minimalist scourge of chocolate box and chintz.

When did Pawson become a cleaner?

It was 1973. Pawson lasted half a day at a Zen monastery, where they put him to work cleaning. He saw enough in Japan to make him reluctant to return to Halifax, however, and eventually discovered his real vocation when he spent a year – “mostly trying not to get in the way” – in the studio of the great Japanese designer Shiro Kuramata.

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