Alistair Knox
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Alistair Knox
Design criteria: Careful and constant observation of the physical balances found in nature No prescribed formulae No regular or uniform shapes Design elements balanced in a way that looks completely natural and unforced
Andrew Juniper • Wabi Sabi: The Japanese Art of Impermanence
From his earliest days Alistair was very keen to inspire others to build in mud brick. His son Hamish suggested that Alistair was far more interested in helping aspiring do-it-yourself mud brick home builders than talking to paying clients. Amongst his unpublished papers is a book he was preparing called 'The Home Builders Manual of Mud Brick Desig
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Paul Goldberger • Building Art
Alistair Knox was a designer, builder and advocate for an alternate lifestyle. Between 1946 and 1986 he designed over 1,000 houses, a number of churches, schools and other buildings. The job numbers reached 1266 of these he built about 350. He is best known for his mud brick output of about 300 buildings. These were built in two periods: before 195... See more
Alistair Knox
Design criteria: No shiny, uniform materials Materials that clearly show the passage of time Materials whose devolution is expressive and attractive
Andrew Juniper • Wabi Sabi: The Japanese Art of Impermanence
Kwame Lowe, co-founder of Kin Structures, Associate Lecturer at Central Saint Martins, and one of IMPERMACULTURE’s expert voices argues that “recent generations have been deprived of something very fundamental that we don’t talk about, which is our connection to the land and being able to put our stake in the ground.”