House of the Future, Daily Mail Ideal Homes Exhibition, London, England: interior view looking down from the viewing platform

People:

Unknown (photographer)
Peter Smithson (architect)
Alison Margaret Smithson (architect)

Title:

House of the Future, Daily Mail Ideal Homes Exhibition, London, England: interior view looking down from the viewing platform

Date:

March 1956

Description:

- This photograph shows the bathroom facilities in the foreground, the living room in the left background and the kitchen in the right background with the courtyard garden in the center.

Form:
photographs

Quantity / Object type:
1 photograph(s)

Technique and media:

Gelatin silver print

Dimensions:

sheet: 57,15 × 79,22 cm (22 1/2 × 31 3/16 in.)

Reference number:

DR1995:0042

Point of View:

interior view

Physical characteristics and technical requirements:

- There are traces of glue along each edge and from c.l. to c.r. and u.c. to l.c. of the verso. A piece of construction paper is adhered to the u.r. corner of the verso. Large pinholes and small tears in each corner.

Inscription:

stamped - in red ink, on the sheet, verso, c.l.: "ALISON AND PETER SMITHSON - ARCHITECTS -"; and "46. / Limerston Street, / Chelsea, / London, S.W.10." [the stamp consists of two circles, the outer circle contains the architects' names and the inner circle contains the address] inscribed and dated - by an unknown hand, in pen and blue ink, on the sheet, verso, l.l. to l.c.: with title and "1956" stamped, numbered and dated - by an unknown hand, in purple ink and pen and blue ink, on the sheet, verso, c.: "DEPT OF PHOTOGRAPHY / KING'S COLLEGE [illeg.] / NEG NO G/013567/4 / [illeg.] DATE 6.2.58 / COPYRIGHT RESERVED" [within a square; negative number and date are hand written]

Location:

London; England; United Kingdom;

Subject:

architecture
interior design

Subject Descriptive Terms:

house
living room
kitchen
sink
courtyard garden
shower stall
impluvium

Credit line:
Collection Centre Canadien d'Architecture/
Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

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