Alison and Peter Smithson /
This is the first overview of the career of Alison and Peter Smithson, the most controversial yet most widely-influential of postwar architectural practices. From their first youthful project, the school at Hunstanton, to their final works, they epitomized the idea of the avantgarde architect, and w...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Swindon, UK :
Historic England,
2018.
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| Series: | Twentieth century architects.
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| Summary: | This is the first overview of the career of Alison and Peter Smithson, the most controversial yet most widely-influential of postwar architectural practices. From their first youthful project, the school at Hunstanton, to their final works, they epitomized the idea of the avantgarde architect, and were strongly engaged with artists and critics and with groups and tendencies in Britain and beyond. Structured thematically and chronologically, the book gives a coherent and compact narrative of the Smithsons' work and ideas. As well as all of the major buildings, including the Economist complex, the Garden building at St Hilda's College and the Robin Hood Gardens estate, the book also discusses unbuilt projects, including substantial work for the British embassy at Brasilia and the Kuwait mat-building. It culminates with the less well-known factory additions, museum and house for Axel Bruchhauser, a furniture manufacturer in Germany. Central to their work, Mark Crinson argues, was a concern with belonging, with how we identify ourselves with places in a context of change. Lavishly illustrated with new color images as well as original drawings and historic photography, this book is an essential read for architects, students and enthusiasts for modernism wanting to learn more about the Smithsons. |
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| Physical Description: | xvii, 150 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 142-143) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781848023529 1848023529 |