• Alison Margaret Smithson (architect)
• Peter Smithson (architect)

Plan for the roof level as seen from the viewing platform, House of the Future, Daily Mail Ideal Homes Exhibition, London, England

between 1955 and March 6 1956

- Plans for the one-storey house are drawn from the floor, middle and roof levels and from various heights in between.

• design development drawing
• dessin préliminaire

Graphite with pen and black ink and red ink on tracing paper

sheet: 52.2 x 75.9 cm

DR1995:0010

• line drawing
• mechanical drawing (tool-aided drawing)
• freehand drawing

• plan (drawing)

• plan view

- Pinholes in each corner. There is a yellow stain from l.l. to l.r.

stamped - in red ink, on the sheet, l.r.: "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; stamped between the number and the scale] inscribed and numbered - by an unknown hand, in pen and black ink, on the sheet, u.l. to u.c.: "HOUSE OF THE FUTURE sheet 1"; u.r.: "IDEAL HOMES"; and l.l. to l.r.: with title, "HF5500" and with scale inscribed - by the draughtsman, in pen and black ink, on the sheet, l.r.: "(PRELIMINARY)"; and c.l. and l.c.: with measurements

London; England; United Kingdom;

• architecture
• design d'intérieur

• house
• courtyard garden