Michael Sutton Architect

by Michael Sutton

A Student’s Thesis Victoria Stephanie de la Cour (née Ross) granddaughter of Professor Fassler concludes her thesis on my work with the “Michael Sutton – whose buildings display a sensitivity to scale, to material and to the subtleties of function, (in terms of services, climate, access and enclosure) and space/place making – is representative of an important era in South African architecture. On entering a Sutton building one is struck by a sense of quietness, balance and peace. Living in a Sutton building allows one an intimate connection with the richness of his architectural language. While many of his houses have been altered beyond recognition today, those that are still intact have not dated. Sutton’s buildings have a timelessness in their language, as well as in their material and spatial quality. Rough textures and a lack of embellishment, along with inexpensive materials, created an architecture that was unpretentious and that resonated strongly with its inhabitants.”

276 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2015