John Pawson: A Selective Bibliography

Compiled by Aileen Smith

This bibliography consists of a selective list of books and articles relating to John
Pawson. Those books held within the AA Library are indicated with a shelfmark.

Books (arranged alphabetically by title)

Architecture of minimalism / Francisco Asensio Cerver New York: Hearst Books International, 1997
ISBN 0823061493 (includes Calvin Klein Boutique, New York / John Pawson)
72.036 ASE

Architecture of truth: the Cistercian Abbey of Le Thoronet / Lucien Herve (afterword by John Pawson)
London: Phaidon, 2001 ISBN 0714840033
72.033.5(44L) HER

Arquitectos a escena: escenografias y montajes de exposicion en los 90 = Architects on stage: stage
and exhibition design in the 90s / Pedro Azara, Carles Guri. Barcelona: Gustavo Gili, 2000
ISBN 8425217423 (includes designs by John Pawson)
725.822.93:725.91.036 AZA

Contemporary doorways: architectural entrances, transitions and thresholds / Catherine Slessor
London: Mitchell Beazley, 2002 ISBN 1840005092 (includes John Pawson)
692.81 SLE

Desire / Interior vo.1 no.7/8 Melbourne: RMIT, 1995 (includes article by John Pawson)
7.01 INT

Eat London: architecture and eating / Samantha Hardingham London: Ellipsis, 1999 ISBN
1841660035
(includes Wakaba / Claudio Silvesstrin and John Pawson)
725.71(421):72.036 HAR

Interiores minimalistas / John Pawson, Alvaro Siza Atrium Publishers, 2001 ISBN 8495692058

John Pawson / John Pawson Barcelona: Gustavo Gili, 1998 ISBN 8425217415
72.036(42):92PAW CHA

John Pawson / John Pawson with introductions by Bruce Chatwin, Deyan Sudjic Barcelona: Gustavo
Gili, 1992 ISBN 8425215269
72.036(42):92PAW CHA








John Pawson: themes and projects / John Pawson London: Phaidon, 2002 ISBN 0714842370
72.036(42):92PAW SUD

John Pawson: works / Deyan Sudjic London: Phaidon, 2000 ISBN 0714839094
72.036(42):92PAW SUD

Living and eating / Annie Bell, John Pawson Ebury Press, 2001 ISBN 0091878810

London: World Cities / Kenneth Powell London: Academy, 1993 ISBN 1854901885
72.03(421) POW

Metropolis: new British architecture and the city / curated and organised by Linda Brown and Deyan
Sudjic London: Institute of Contemporary Arts, 1988 ISBN 0905263227

Minimalist spaces / editor and text Aurora Cuito Barcelona: Loft Publications, 2002 ISBN
0066209366

Minimum / John Pawson London: Phaidon, 1996 ISBN 0714832626
72.01.03 PAW

MNM: minimalist interiors / Paco Asensio, Richard Rees Barcelona: Loft Publications, 1999 ISBN
0688174876

Modern house / John Welsh London: Phaidon, 1995 ISBN 0714828890 (includes Neuendorf
House, Mallorca, Spain / John Pawson and Claudio Silvestrin)
728.3.036 WEL

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International Architecture Exhibition 2002 / Biennale di Venezia (2 vols) New York:
Rizzoli, 2002 ISBN 0847825213
725.91.036(45V):72.036 INT

Space within: reshaping the home for contemporary living / Jane Withers London: Quadrille, 2000
ISBN 1902757483

Spatium: Carmellini & Magnoli : fashion architecture / foreword by John Pawson; introduction by
Carmelo Strano Milano: lArca, 2000 ISBN 8878380628

Staircases / Eva Jiricna London: Laurence King, 2001 ISBN 1856692035
69.026.25 JIR













Journal Articles (arranged by year and month of publication)


2002
Pawson Klein [Calvin Klein and John Pawsons latest collaboration in Paris] / article by Deyan Sudjic
in Domus no.851 September 2002

Recent projects (includes Exhibition of themes and projects, Valencia, Spain 2002 / John Pawson)
in A+U no.8 (383) August 2002

On the boards. Novy Dvur Monastery, Czech Republic; Architects: John Pawson / article by Anne
Guiney in Architecture (New York) vol.91 no.7 July 2002

Furniture and architecture / article by Edwin Heathcote, and others (includesPreferential treatments:
John Pawson recommends the work of AG Fronzoni and Maarten van Severen by John Pawson) in AD
Profile: 158 : Architectural Design vol.72 no.4 July 2002

In the fast lane / article by Abby Bussel (John Pawson and Italian interior design firm Antonio
Citterio and Partners have collaborated to design the London showroom of furniture retailer B&B
Italia.) in Interior Design (New York) vol.73 no.5 May 2002

John Pawson: monacal et sensuel / article by Elisabeth Vedrenne in LOeil (Lausanne, Switzerland)
no.532 December 2001/January 2002 (text in French)


2001
Fashionable collaborations / article by Erwin J S Viray, and others (includes Calvin Klein in Tokyuo
and Seoul / John Pawson) in A+U no.12 (375) December 2001

B&B Brompton: showroom, Kensington, London; Architects: John Pawson, with interior designers:
Antonio Citterio and Patricia Viel in Architectural Review vol.210 no.1257 November 2001

Un tunnel di luce [The tunnel of light]; Architects: John Pawson, interior designers: Antonio Citterio /
article by Phoebe Greenwood in Domus no.841 October 2001

Taste sensation / article by Amanda Baillieu (interview with minimalist architect John Pawson who
has co-written a cookery book) in RIBA Journal vol.108 no.10 October 2001

Working at home / article by Dominic Lutyens (a review of John Pawson: When Objects Work, an
exhibition at Vessel, London) in Blueprint no.184 June 2001

Salone del Mobile di Milano 2001 [Milan Furniture Fair 2001] / article by Deyan Sudjic and others
(includes John Pawsons first collection of domestic products made by the new Belgian company When
Objects Work) in Domus no.836 April 2001

John Pawson and the roots of the modern: tilty barn as an absent farmhouse / article by Marco
Romanelli (John Pawsons design of Tilty Barn, a farmhouse in Essex, England) in Abitare no.404
March 2001





Notre-Dame de Novy Dvur [Our Lady of Novy Dvur]; Architects: John Pawson / article by Jocelyne
Devedjian (Monastery for the Cistercian order created out of an eighteenth century farm building) in
DArchitectures no.108 January/February 2001 (text in French)

Il negozio invisibile [The invisible store]; Architects: John Pawson in Domus no.833 January 2001


2000
Eloge de la lumiere: resurrrection dun monastere [In praise of the light: resurrection of a
monastery]; Architects: John Pawson in Techniques & Architecture no.451 December 2000/January
2001 (text in French)

Holy order / article by Tim Lewis (John Pawsons project for the renovation of a monastic complex in
Novy Dvur, the Czech Republic) in World of Interiors vol.20 no.6 June 2000

Plain Pawson; Architects: John Pawson (As with his previous house Pawson has restored the shell
but this time he has completely gutted the interior) in Architectural Review vol.207 no.1239 May
2000

Maximizing minimalism / article by Kelly Rude (John Pawson profile) in Canadian Architect vol.45
no.4 April 2000


1999
Prima del 2000 [Before 2000] / article by Gunther Uhlig and others (includes Pawson family house,
London (John Pawson) / article by Deyan Sudjic) in Domus no.821 December 1999

Innenraume [Interiors, finishing] / article by Henry Plummer and others (includes Jigsaw, London
(John Pawson) in Detail vol.39 no.2 March 1999

Wing of desire, Cathay Pacific lounge at Chek Lap Kok airport, Hong Kong; Architects: John Pawson
/ article by Andrea Codrington in Interiors March 1999

Flight of imagination; Architects: John Pawson /article by Penny McGuire (Cathay Pacific lounges,
Chek Lap Kok airport, Hong Kong) in Architectural Review vol.205 no.1223 January 1999


1998
Kuala Lumpur Hong Kong / article by Ramesh Kumar Biswas and others (includes The Wing
Cathay Pacific lounges by John Pawson) in Domus no.808 October 1998

First class for business; Architects: John Pawson / article by Anastasia Edwards (Cathay Pacifics
First Class and Business Class lounges, known collectively as The Wing) in Building Journal Hong Kong
China September 1998

Interiores [Interiors] (includes John Pawson: the English master of minimalism explores the limits of
habitability in an architecture based on empty space) in Projeto Design March 1998 (text in
Portuguese)






1997
Space for art museums and galleries / article by Erwin J S Viray, and others (includes Gallery for
clothing: Calvin Klein, Madison Avenue, New York, NY (John Pawson) in A+U no.8 (323) August
1997

Bauten fur Verkauf und Prasentation... Angenehm einfach [Buildings for sales and presentation...
Pleasant simplicity] / article by Bernhard Ader and others (includes New shop for Jigsaw, 126-127
New Bond Street, London (John Pawson) in AIT no.3 March 1997 (text in German)

Light in architecture / article by James Brogan, and others (includes John Pawson: Pawson house
and Jigsaw, Bond Street, London) in AD Profile 126 : Architectural Design vol.67 no.3/4 March/April
1997

Minimal space architecture / article by Hiroshi Maruyama, and others in SD no.3 (390) March 1997
(text in Japanese)

North light; Architects: John Pawson (North-Tempest residence, Southwark) in Architectural
Review vol.201 no.1201 March 1997


1996
John Pawson: lexpression du minimum [John Pawson: minimal expression] / article by Brigitte
Fitoussi (includes Pawson residence, Stoneleigh Street, Notting Hill, London; Jigsaw clothes shop,
Bond Street, London) in Architecture dAujourdhui no.307 October 1996 (text in French,
summaries in English)

Interiors quarterly. Shops (includes Jigsaw Shop, London by John Pawson) in Architectural
Review vol.200 no.1193 July 1996


1995
Bad Keramik Sanitar [Bathrooms, ceramics, sanitary ware] / article by Frank Linnig, and others
(includes : Extension, including bathroom, to a Victorian terraced house, London, by John Pawson)
in Deutsche Bauzeitschrift vol.43 no.10 October 1995 (text in German)

Material values: elegant simplicity at John Pawsons house ; Architects: John Pawson (features the
bathroom and kitchen) in Architecture Today no.58 May 1995

Verstilling [Neo-minimalism] / article by Caroline Bos, and others (includes John Pawson, the
consequent luxury of simplicity by Caroline Bos) in Architect (The Hague) vol.26 thema-nummer 58
March 1995 (text in Dutch)


1994
Aspects of minimal architecture / article by Maggie Toy, and others (includes Pawson Williams
Architects: contextual minimalism) in AD Profile 110 : Architectural Design vol.64 no.7/8 July/August
1994

Rigorously sensual minimalism: the John Pawson residence; Architects: John Pawson / article by
Michael Speaks in ANY: Architecture New York no.6 May/June 1994





1993
Judd and the art of reason / article by John Pawson (on the furniture of Donald Judd) in Blueprint
no.99 July/August 1993

In una casa vittoriana, Londra [In a Victorian mansion block, London]; Architects: John Pawson /
article by Marta Laudani in Domus no.749 May 1993


1992
Houses and materials / article by Joel Warren Barna, and others (includes Light architecture
Neuendorf Villa, Mallorca (Claudio Silvestrin and John Pawson) / article by Mark Alden Branch)
in Progressive Architecture vol.73 no.11 November 1992

Gemutlichkeit [Comfortableness] / article by Karl Markus Michel, and others (includes Flat in
London by John Pawson) in Baumeister vol.89 no.7 July 1992 (text in German, summaries in
English)


1991
Lappartamento: tutte le cose via = The apartment: everything out of sight in Abitare no.302
December 1991

Sushi with everything / article by John Pawson in Blueprint no.82 November 1991

Concrete poetry; Architects: John Pawson in Designers Journal no.71 October 1991

Storefront art; Architects: John Pawson in Blueprint no.80 September 1991

Interior design / article by Ziva Freiman, and others (includes Knightsbridge flat, London (John
Pawson), article by John Morris Dixon) in Progressive Architecture vol.72 no.9 September 1991

Shiro Kuramata, 1934-1991 / article by John Pawson in Blueprint no.76 April 1991

A sense of order: John Pawsons new flat in London in Blueprint no.74 February 1991


1989
Sweet nothings: Minimalism in the High Street (John Pawson and Claudio Silvestrins patisserie)
in Blueprint no.53 December 1988/ January 1989


1988
Japanese geometry (Wakaba Japanese Restaurant, London) in RIBA Journal vol.95 no.7 July 1988


1987
Inconspicuous consumption (Wakaba Restaurant, London) in Blueprint no.39 July/August 1987






Unterwegs in London [Out and about in London] / article by Wolfgang Bachmann, and others
(includes Pawson residence) in Bauwelt vol.78 no.7/8 February 20 1987


1986
John Pawson: minimalist in RIBA Journal vol.93 no.3 supplement, March 1986


Website
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Compiled by Aileen Smith, Deputy Librarian
March 2003