48 DIGS.NET
| 8.12.2022
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P R O F I L E | J O H N P A W S O N A N D C L A U D I O S I LV E R S T R I N
ET IN AN almond and olive grove in southern Majorca,
Spain, Neuendorf House is an austere construction
at first sight. Lean, angled, strict. "But it can be so
tender," says owner Caroline Neuendorf. "If you are
not scared of quietness, if you want to experience
unspoiled nature, if you are delighted by simple
luxury and simple pleasures like an enchanted early morning
in the endless pool listening to birdsong, or watching the full
moon in July hanging almost tangible over the pool, then this
is the place to be."
One does not need convincing—the house is a fascination.
Finished in 1989, an often aesthetically garish era, the house
was destined to stand out, a work of committed minimalism by
the now lionized architects John Pawson and Claudio Silvestrin.
Interested in the concept of minimalism, as represented by the
former architecture partners, Caroline and her husband Hans
commissioned them to design a holiday house for their family.
They wanted a pool and asked for a tennis court. Other than that,
Caroline confesses, "We more or less gave them carte blanche."
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