Architect: Tony Fretton Architects
On a handrail
30 November 2020
On a handrail30 November 2020
By Jon Lopez
What drew me to the drawings Tony made, and the handrail itself, is the line it treads between standardisation and customisation. The way in which, for instance, standard sections of steel are bundled together and expressed to form thicker newel posts or to hold the glazing panels of the balustrade.… Read More
Tony Fretton: Tolerance
27 October 2020
Tony Fretton: Tolerance27 October 2020
By Richard Hall
The following text is an excerpt from AMAG 20 | Tony Fretton Architects. Drawing Matter would like to thank the author and the editors of the magazine for allowing us to reproduce the text on drawingmatter.org. To order a copy of AMAG 20, click here. Tolerance is a measure of… Read More
Alternative Histories: Raamwerk on Tony Fretton
31 July 2019
Alternative Histories: Raamwerk on Tony Fretton31 July 2019
Alternative Histories: Tony Fretton Architects on Erik Gunnar Asplund
19 December 2018
Alternative Histories: Tony Fretton Architects on Erik Gunnar Asplund19 December 2018
We recognise modernism as a continuing program to find architecture for the present time, and Asplund’s work as part of its history. Our project is a thought experiment on the central aspects of architecture’s modernism – social responsibility in combination with freedom to work with current sensibilities. It has proceeded… Read More
On Tony Fretton and the Lisson Gallery
5 February 2021
On Tony Fretton and the Lisson Gallery5 February 2021
By Nicholas Logsdail
A conversation with Nicholas Logsdail, standing in the farmyard at Shatwell, on the day he came with Freeny Yanni and Cassius Hammick and their son, Yanis, to look at Tony Fretton’s sketchbooks for the Lisson Gallery. By way of response, Tony gives us his account of the genesis of the… Read More
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