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In English. Soft cover, 29X32 cm, 276 pp., ill.: pictures, architectural drawings; net weight 2200 gr.Michael Sutton - A long life briefly
In helping to assemble this book which includes most of my work over the past sixty years, I'm left with one overriding emotion – gratitude. For so many things – people (family, friends, clients), so many circumstances (luck, if you will) – that have helped and guided me through a long and happy life.
In a way luck started from birth (2.6.1928).
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Even before university I had been working for Steffen Ahrends, who has remained a big influence on my work. He was a product of the famous Bauhaus and had to flee Nazi Germany before the war. His insistence on honest materials, basic simplicity, and good proportions based on human scale, remained with me.
Wits University (1951 to 1956) was a great experience. The help and kindness of fellow students, lecturers and Professor Fassler… Read More
