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John Pawson
 
October 2008
Fondazione Frate Sole International Prize for Sacred Architecture
 
John Pawson wins the 4th Fondazione Frate Sole International Prize for Sacred Architecture,
for his work at the Monastery of Our Lady of Novy Dvur.
 
The sum of Euros 25,000 given to the award's winner has been donated to the monastery,
in support of ongoing work there.
 
See monastery for more information

 
September 2008
The Place Prize
 
John Pawson sits on the jury of The Place Prize 2008 for dance. Following performances of twenty short-listed pieces, narrowed to five finalists, the choreographer Adam Linder is chosen as overall winner.
 

 
7th September 2008
Calvin Klein Inc
40th anniversary

Calvin Klein marks its 40th anniversary with a party on Manhattan's historic High Line,
in a temporary structure designed by John Pawson, incorporating a site-specific
installation by James Turrell.
 
See CK 40 High Line for more information
 
 
 
27th June 2008
RIBA National Awards
 
The Sackler Crossing wins a RIBA National Award 2008

See Lake Crossing for more information

 
29th May 2008
RIBA Awards for London

At a ceremony at The Young Vic, The Sackler Crossing, Royal Botanic Gardens,
Kew secures a winner's plaque in the Arts & Leisure category and also wins the
RIBA London Special Award.
 
See Lake Crossing for more information

 
May 2008
The John Pawson Cookpot Collection for Demeyere launches to the public.
 
See Demeyere for more information
Also available through When Objects Work
 
April 2008
Salone del Mobile
Milan

A new addition to the tableware collection, a set of ebony salad servers, is presented by
When Objects Work in the Galleria Paolo Curti/ Annemaria Gambuzzi & Co.
 
See Wow for more information

February 2008
Revival of Chroma, choreographed by Wayne McGregor
and with set design by John Pawson, opens at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.

See the ROH website for performance dates and booking information.
 

 
January 2008
John Pawson's saucepans for the Belgian cookware manufacturer Demeyere
win a category in Wallpaper* magazine's 2008 awards.
 
Public launch of the range is scheduled for early spring. 
  
 
December 2007
The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design announces
that the John Pawson lamp for Dark NV has won one of its prestigious
GOOD DESIGN™ Awards for 2007.
 
October 2007
The sloop B60, designed by Luca Brenta, constructed in the Knieriem shipyard in Kiel
and with interiors by John Pawson, takes to the sea off the coast of Sardinia.
 
See b60 sloop for more information 

 
October 2007
The Sackler Crossing receives an ICE London Merit Award,
as an outstanding example of civil engineering.
 
See Lake Crossing for more information
 
26 June - 2 September 2007
V&A Museum 150th Anniversary
John Pawson contributes a photogram of his cutlery as part of a project to celebrate 150 years of the V&A Museum. The piece is displayed in an album along with 150 leading designers, architects, photographers, fashion designers and artists.
 
 
See wow tableware for more information on the John Pawson cutlery
 
 
 
May 2007
Sackler Crossing film
John Pawson commissions a short film by Gilbert McCarragher and Enda Hughes
to mark the first anniversary of the opening of the Sackler Crossing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
 

 
 
18 - 23 April 2007
Salone del Mobile
Milan
Two new John Pawson pieces - a candlestick and soap dish - are launched by
When Objects Work in the Galleria Paolo Curti/ Annemaria Gambuzzi & Co.
 

 
21 March - 11 November 2007
Monastery of Pannonhalma
Hungary
The Monastery of Our Lady of Novy Dvur is one of three contemporary
European sacred spaces featured in an exhibition at the Benedictine
Monastery of Pannonhalma in Hungary. Also shown are Zlatko Ugljen’s
White Mosque  and Wandel Hoefer Lorch+Hirsch’s New Synagoge
in Dresden.
 
March 2007
The Sackler Crossing wins the special projects category
at this year's Lighting Design Awards.
 
29 March – 22 June
John Pawson selects Donald Judd's Chair 15
as part of the 25/25 exhibition at the Design Museum.
 

 
 
February 2007
Baron House, Sweden wins the Forum Aid Award
for Interior Architecture.
 
See Baron House for more information 

 
February 2007
Chroma - choreography by Wayne McGregor, set design by John Pawson
- wins an Olivier Award for best new dance production.
 
See Chroma for more information 
 
Living with the Future: Tilty Barn
February 5th, 8.30pm, BBC4
 
A documentary exploring Tilty Barn, whose renovation and remodelling
by John Pawson was completed in 1995. The programme - the fourth
in a series of six - features interviews with the client and extensive
footage of the building's interiors and exteriors.
 
See Tilty Barn for more information 

 
 
 
January 2007
Baron House, Sweden is named best new private house
in Wallpapers* Annual Design Awards.
 
See Baron House for more information
 
November 2006
Baron House wins the Region Skåne Award 2006.
 
See Baron House for more information
 

November 2006
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
The world premiere of a new one act ballet, choreographed by Wayne McGregor,
with music by The White Stripes arranged by Joby Talbot and stage design by John Pawson.
 
See Chroma for more information
 
 

October 2006
The Royal Botanic Gardens
Kew is named the RIBA-Arts Council Client of the Year Award
for projects which include the Sackler Crossing.
 
See Lake Crossing for more information 
 
 

 
May - October 2006 
John Pawson - Leçons du Thoronet
 
The first in a series of exhibitions to be held in the 12th century Cistercian abbey of Le Thoronet in Provence, examining the abbey's role as a source of inspiration for contemporary architects.
 
See Lecons du Thoronet for more information

 
 
 
 
16 May 2006
Celebrations mark the opening of The Sackler Crossing,
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
 
See Lake Crossing for more information

 
 
 
 

 
February 2006
A new paperback edition of Minimum
is published by Phaidon Press.
 
January 2006
John Pawson 1995-2005 is published by El Croquis.
 
See www.elcroquis.es for ordering information and a list of distributors; also available through Amazon
 
 
 
November 2005
John Pawson is appointed a Royal Designer for Industry
by the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts,
Manufacturers & Commerce
 
 
 
September 2005
Living & Eating is shortlisted for a World Food Media Award.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
May 2005
is published in a revised and extended paperback edition.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
March 2005
John Pawson is named architect of the year
by the Blueprint Sessions 2005.