“… the rooms which have really appealed to my imagination have been ships’ ca

“… the rooms which have really appealed to my imagination have been ships’ cabins, log cabins, monks’ cells, or—although I have never been to Japan—the tea-house.” * When author Bruce Chatwin settled on a flat at Eaton Place, Belgravia, he knew exactly who he wanted to guide the process of transformation: John Pawson. “The architect had lived and worked in Japan. He is the enemy of Post-Modernism and other asinine architecture. He knows how wasteful Europeans are of space, and knows how to make simple, harmonious rooms that are a real refuge from the hideousness of contemporary London. I told him I wanted a cross between a cell and a ship’s cabin.” * The author sits on a tubular chair at his folding card table beneath a Peruvian parrot-feather hanging. The French canapé, which came from the apartments of Empress Marie Louise at Versailles, signed by the firm Jacob-Desmalter, he found at Christies. The table is by Alvar Aalto. * Photography by François Halard, 1984. * #brucechatwin #writershome #eatonplace #belgravia #londonflat #livinginlondon #londonauthor #johnpawson @johnpawson #minimalism #classicmodern #jacobdesmalter #empressmarielouise #versailles #alvaralto #peruvianart #1980sdesign #1980sinterior https://www.instagram.com/p/CBRQgrDJNjD/?igshid=1pkgo0j507n1z -- source link

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