Not quite architecture : writing around Alison and Peter Smithson /

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Boyer, M. Christine (συγγραφέας.)
• Μορφή: Βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, 2017
• Θέματα: Smithson, Alison > 1928-1993 > Γραπτά; Smithson, Peter > 1923-2003 > Γραπτά; Αρχιτεκτονική, Μοντέρνα > 20ός αιώνας

The English architects Alison Smithson (1928-1993) and Peter Smithson (1923-2003) were ringleaders of the New Brutalism, active in CIAM and Team 10, and influential in English Pop Art. The Smithsons, who met as architecture students, built only a few buildings but wrote prolifically throughout their...

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