Introduction: Peter Smithson An illustrated diary be the architects Alison and Peter Smithson (reprecenting the Independent Group - see also "As found") driving from their London office through to their Wiltshire cottage, their "Solar Pavilion" from 1961. The contrast of their Citroen DS 19, streaml[...]
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[...]
The Space Between is richly illustrated with drawings and photographs by the Smithsons themselves. It can be considered as a summary of their thinking as architects since the beginning of their career, mainly trying to grasp the identity of places by observations of daily life, developing what they [...]
This is an insightful collection of essays looking at the work of two of 20th-century Britain's most influential and controversial architects. Striving to adapt the progressive ideas of the pre-war modern movement to the specific human needs of post-war reconstruction, Alison (1928-1993) and Peter S[...]