In twenty five pages architect and artist John Pawson is considered in an analysis of his works and his recognition that sometimes there is nothing more complex than trying to achieve simplicity. Twenty sources are cited in the bibliography.
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this discussion we will look for those thing, which influenced the creativity of both his lifestyle, and his work. Simplicity brings with it a certain monumentality. It accommodates the
fundamental essence of architecture, compression and release, enclosure and transparency. Pawsons architecture appears unforced, and effortless - the one who is unaware will think - I could have done
that, or I could have put those materials together. But we smile to ourselves for we know that, he-our questioner of these simple but elegant materials didnt do the
work. For the real appreciation of Pawson is the understanding that simplicity is not easily achieved. Bibliography lists 20 sources. BBpwsonR.doc JOHN PAWSON: "The Comfort
of Exactness" Written by B. Bryan Babcock for the Paperstore, Inc., October 2000 Introduction John Pawson has
put his philosophy into book form in his elegant work Minimum (1996). " This book," Pawson says in the preface, "is an attempt to crystallize some thoughts about
the notion of simplicity, as it can be applied to architecture and art. And beyond that, to discuss simplicity as a way of life, to look at simplicity as a
means for ordering and defining the everyday rituals and necessities of existence." The collection of dazzling images is presented in a series of groupings with single-word headings and brief subheads,
beginning with "Mass: The uncomplicated beauty of the unadorned wall" and ending with "Expression: Silence as language" (Abercrombie 50). Is it any wonder that the artist/ architect, who according to
legend, claims that there are fifty shades of white, would speak of his own work in crystalline form? The crystal itself, in all its own unique purity. could well