Thomas Elliott: Directions
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PAI has a longstanding reputation for crafting original, bespoke design across residential, hospitality, hotel, commercial, and master planning projects. Thomas Elliott: Directions, by the design director at PAI, showcases an exquisite collection of projects by this exceptional Southeast Asian design studio.
The monograph takes readers on a journey through the ways in which PAI manifests beauty in its work. Projects are distilled through the physical and sensorial qualities that Elliott explores to create beautiful buildings and spaces that stir an emotional response. Sometimes you see these qualities, such as materiality, palette, and light. Sometimes you feel them, such as anticipation and transitions. Yet they are all highly considered and carefully layered to create spaces that Elliott and PAI characterize as “comfort luxury” and that have a positive emotional affect.
For those who love beautiful architecture and interior design, Thomas Elliott: Directions is a rich and luxurious experience, just like the work PAI crafts for its clients.
"Beauty is the quality or qualities that give pleasure to the senses or mind. These qualities are both tangible and intangible, creating a visual and perceptual experience that stirs an emotional response. This collection of work showcases beauty in architecture and design. We are on a continual exploration of how to make beautiful buildings, spaces, and objects, always developing our knowledge and experience of what is beautiful, as it is manifested and perceived in different ways.
While some architects work in one style, continuously refining and perfecting it, I love to explore different styles and to learn, discover, and evolve. I grew up in America and have travelled, lived, and studied around the world. Now in Indonesia for more than thirty years, I bring this broad understanding and perspective to our work, while always being inspired by and embracing Indonesian culture, tradition, and the sharing of ideas. It’s this fusion and approach that sets my work apart.
The words you’ve encountered in this book are some of the ways in which we manifest beauty in our work. These words reflect both the physical and sensorial qualities in a design. Sometimes you see them, such as the materiality, palette, and light. Sometimes you feel them, such as anticipation and transitions. These qualities are all highly considered and carefully layered to create residential, commercial, and hospitality spaces that we characterise as “comfort luxury” and that have a positive emotional affect. They are spaces for people to feel at home; oases to enjoy after a long day.
Crafting the spaces comes from thoughtful consideration of the journey through a house, and what people will see and feel as they transition from space to space - from public to private, from collective spaces to sanctuaries." - Thomas Elliott (from the Afterword)
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