Alison and Peter Smithson / Mark Crinson.

Main entry:

Crinson, Mark, author.

Title & Author:

Alison and Peter Smithson / Mark Crinson.

Publication:

Swindon : Historic England : RIBA Publishing, 2018.
©2018

Description:

xvii, 150 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, plans ; 24 cm.

Series:

Twentieth century architects

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 142-143) and index.
1. Lessons -- 2. Materials -- 3. Clusters -- 4. Patios -- 5. Voids -- 6. Lattices -- 7. Palisades -- 8. Mats and tassels -- 9. Exfoliations.

Summary:

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, with how we identify ourselves with places in a context of change.0Lavishly illustrated with new colour 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.

ISBN:

9781848023529 paperback
1848023529 paperback

Subject:

Smithson, Alison, 1928-1993.
Smithson, Peter, 1923-2003.
Architects England Biography.
Architecture England History 20th century.
Brutalism (Architecture) England History 20th century.
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Architectes Angleterre Biographies.
Architecture Angleterre Histoire 20e siècle.
Brutalisme (Architecture) Angleterre Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Architects.
Architecture.
Architecture, Modern.
Brutalism (Architecture)
England.

Form/genre:

Biographies.
History.

Added entries:

Twentieth century architects.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 302871
Call No.: BIB 249030
Status: Available

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