Architecture is not made with the brain : the labour of Alison and Peter Smithson /
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| Imprint: | London : Architectural Association, c2005. |
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| Description: | 102 p. : ill., ports. ; 22 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Architecture landscape urbanism ; 9. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5713514 |
Table of Contents:
- In conversation with Peter Smithson / Mohsen Mostafavi
- An appreciation of the work. 'Architecture is not made with the brain' : the Smithsons and the Economist building plaza / Irénée Scalbert ; Recolonising the modern : Robin Hood Gardens today / Dirk van den Heuvel ; Looking from a different angle / Connie Occhialini
- Working for the Smithsons. Strategy and detail / Peter Salter ; Godparents' gifts / Louisa Hutton
- Client's perspective. 'Like asking Matisse for advice on repainting the dining room' / Niall Hobhouse ; The Sugden house / Derek Sugden with commentary by Peter St. John
- Historical perspective. From the beginsning / Ron Simpson ; 'As found' is a small affair / Thomas Schregenberger
- The work as precedent. Complex ordinariness / Bruno Krucker ; Lessons learnt from Alison and Peter Smithson / Jonathan Sergison and Stephen Bates with commentary by Ellis Woodman
- Endnotes. Contributors ; 'A silent showing' : photographs / selected by Soraya and Simon Smithson.
