These new photographs reveal the London home and workplace of architectural designer John Pawson.
Commissioned for the latest issue of Port Magazine, the images offer a look inside both Pawson's office in King's Cross and his Notting Hill house ? both clear examples of the designers' minimal approach to architecture and interiors.
John Pawson's Notting Hill home pairs Scandinavian furnishings with white surfaces and pale wooden floors
In Pawson's home, Scandinavian furnishings are paired with white surfaces and pale wooden floors.
Similarly, his office is a simple, lofty space where a concrete staircase matches the architectural models on show, and Apple computers are dotted along simple, functional desks.
The designer says his minimal style is a reflection of his tastes, not a proposal for an alternative lifestyle Speaking to Dezeen columnist Will Wiles for the article, the designer said his minimal style was a reflection of his own aesthetic tastes, rather than a proposal for an alternative, stripped-back lifestyle.
"I don't design what I do because I want to try and live the way it's telling me to," he said. "It's just how I want things. It's a reflection of who I am and what I am."
Pawson's office in King's Cross is a simple, lofty space
Born in Yorkshire in 1949, Pawson established his London office in 1981. Although he studied architecture, he never completed his training, so is not officially recognised as an architect in the UK...