WHAT IS MINIMALISM?

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When you call a person a minimalist, you’re describing their interest in keeping things very simple. A minimalistprefers the minimal amount or degree of something.

In art history, the minimalists were artists whose work involved extremely simple gestures and ideas. The art they created is also referred to as minimalist. A white canvas with one black line might be a typical minimalist painting. But anyone who likes things very simple could be called a minimalist. A president who takes a hands-off approach to policy, a composer who only plays one note, a designer who puts only a bed in a bedroom: they’re all minimalists.

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MINIMALIST ARCHITECTS

  • Tadao Ando (Japan, 1941)

Tadao Ando is a Japanese self-taughtarchitect whose approach to architecture and landscape was categorized by architectural historian Francesco Dal Co as “critical regionalism”. He is the winner of the 1995 Pritzker Prize.

  • Alberto Campo Baeza(Spain, 1946)

Alberto Campo Baeza is a Spanish architect, he has built a selected number of very precise buildings and has received many awards. His work has been exhibited in many major cities and has been published in major architectural magazines around the world.

Luis Barragán   (Mexico, 1902 – 1988)

Luis Ramiro Barragán Morfín was a Mexican architect and engineer. His work has influenced contemporary architects visually and conceptually

  • John Pawson (UK, 1949)

John Ward Pawson is a British architectural designer whose work is known for its minimalist aesthetic.

  • Claudio Silvestrin (Italy, 1954)


Claudio Silvestri is an Italian architect and designer, and a British citizen.

  • Vincent Van Duysen (Belgium, 1962)

Vincent Van Duysen undertook a degree in Architecture at the Higher Institute of Architecture Sint Lucas, Ghent. Afterwards worked in Milan collaborating with Aldo Cibic.

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