Material Type | Books |
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Publisher | Swindon : Historic England |
Year | 2018 |
Size | xvii, 150 pagese : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 24 cm |
Location | Volume | Call No. | Barcode No. | Status | ISBN | Media type | Restriction | Request Memo | Reserve |
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2F開架-洋書 |
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523.07/C 92 | 3000015161 | 9781848023529 | 図書 |
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Notes | Includes bibliographical references (pages 142-143) and index This is the first overview of the career of Alison and Peter Smithson, the most controversial yet most widely-influential of post-war architectural practices. From their first youthful project, the school at Hunstanton, to their final works, they epitomised the idea of the avant-garde architect, and were strongly engaged with artists and critics and with groups and tendencies in Britain and beyond. 0Structured 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, |
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Authors | *Crinson, Mark author |
Subjects | LCSH:Smithson, Alison, 1928-1993 LCSH:Smithson, Peter, 1923-2003 LCSH:Architects -- England -- Biography LCSH:Architecture -- England -- History -- 20th century LCSH:Brutalism (Architecture) -- England -- History -- 20th century LCSH:Architecture, Modern -- 20th century |
Classification | LCC:NA997.S57 DC22:728.0942 |
ID | 4000016131 |
ISBN | 9781848023529 |
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