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Alison and Peter Smithson / Mark Crinson

Material Type	Books
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
2F開架-洋書		523.07/C 92	3000015161		9781848023529	図書

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,
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