John Pawson

‘I went daily to the cathedral of Milan, that singular mountain that was torn out of the rocks of Carrara…’ Hans Christian Andersen

‘When early Dawn revealed her rose-red hands…’ Odyssey, Homer (trans. Emily Watson)

Memories of visiting the Farnsworth House

‘An impressionistic, dreaming film, in which the folded rocks arise and flower and grow and become Salisbury Cathedral and York Minster…' Penelope Lively, Moon Tiger

Returning to Casa Barragán

‘Our eyes are constructed to allow us to see forms in light’ Le Corbusier

‘Order and simplification are the first ‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎steps towards mastery of a subject’‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‎ ‏‏‎ ‎‎‎Thomas Mann

Deep footings

Modernist rhythms

‘A conversation is a dialogue, not a monologue’ Truman Capote