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Smithson, Alison Margaret [1928-1993. UK. Architect]

 

Alison Margaret Smithson was born Alison Margaret Gill in Sheffield, England on … subscribers only


Photograph of Alison Margaret Smithson

Photograph of Alison Margaret Smithson


Bibliography

1. Alison and Peter Smithson a critical anthology. Edited by Max Risselada. Barcelona : Poligrafa, 2011.

2. Architecture is not made with the brain : the labour of Alison and Peter Smithson. London : Architectural Association, 2005 [Based on a symposium held at the Architectural Association, London in November 2003]

3. Baker, Jeremy. ‘A Smithson File’. Arena no. 81, February 1966 [Entire issue devoted to the work of the work of the Smithsons]

4. Banham, Reyner. ‘The New Brutalism’. Architectural Review vol. 118, December 1955 pp. 354-361

5. Colomina, Beatriz and Smithson, Peter. ‘Friends of the future’. October vol. 94, Autumn 2000 [The Independent Group issue] pp. 3-30

6. Cook, Peter. ‘Regarding the Smithsons’. Architectural Review vol. 172, 1982 pp. 36-43

7. Eisenman, Peter. ‘Robin Hood Gardens, London E14’. Architectural Design vol. 42, September 1972 pp. 557-573, 588-592 [Robin Hood Gardens, London designed by the Smithsons (1972)]

8. McKean, John Maule ‘The Smithsons: a profile’. Building Design no. 345, 1977 pp. 22-24

9. Prins, Herbert. ‘Obituary - Alison Smithson 1928-1993’. Architecture SA no. 9/10, September 1993 p. 7.

10. Saint, Andrew. Towards a Social Architecture: the Role of School-Building in Post-war England. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 1987

11. Smithson, Alison and Furse, John. ‘Alison Smithson’ on Contemporary Architects. Edited by Ann Lee Morgan and Colin Naylor. London and Chicago, Illinois: St. James Press, 2nd edition 1987 pp. 851-853

12. Smithson, Alison and Smithson, Peter. A bibliography of the work of Alison and Peter Smithson London : [publisher not identified], 1975-, regularly updated. [See WorldCat]

13. Smithson, Alison and Smithson, Peter. The Heroic Age of Modern Architecture New York, NY: Rizzoli, 1981

14. Smithson, Alison and Smithson, Peter. Urban Structuring: Studies of Alison and Peter Smithson. London: Studio Vista, 1967

15. Smithson, Alison. ‘Ruminations on Founder’s Court’. Architectural Design vol. 45, 1977 pp. 524-529

16. Smithson, Peter. ‘Collective design:initiators and successors’. Architectural Design vol. 43, 1973 pp. 621-623

17. Smithson, Peter. ‘Oxford and Cambridge walks’ Architectural Design vol. 46, 1976 pp. 542-554

18. Smithson, Peter. ‘Simple thoughts on repetition’. Architectural Design vol. 41, 1971 pp. 479-481

19. Smithson, Peter. ‘The free university and the language of modern architecture’. Domus no. 534, 1974 pp. 1-8

20. Spinelli, Luigi. ‘Alison in the city; Original architects, 1959-64: Alison & Peter Smithson’. Domus no. 914, May 2008 pp. 42-47. [Discusses the Smithson’s winning competition entry by the Smithsons to redesign the headquarters for The Economist in St James's Street, London]

21. Steiner, Hadas. ‘Life at the threshold’. October vol. 136, Spring 2011, Spring 2011 [New Brutalism issue] pp. 133-155

22. The Women who changed architecture. Edited by Jan Cigliano Hartman New York : Princeton Architectural Press, 2022.

23. Theron, D. ‘The New Brutalists’. Theoria: A Journal of Social and Political Theory no. 24. June 1965 pp. 49-52

24. Vidotto, Marco. Alison + Peter Smithson Barcelona: Gili, 1997.

25. ‘Alison and Peter Smithson: Gentle Cultural Accommodation’ L’Architecture d’Aujourd’hui no. 177, 1975 pp. 4-13

26. ‘Remembered: Alison Smithson.’ Architectural Record vol. 181, no. 10, October 1993 p. 26

Weblinks

Architects Architecture Arcitectuul 

Dangerous Minds - England's eccentric 'New Brutalist' Architects, The Smithsons 

Dario Goodwin. Alison and Peter Smithson: The Duo that Led British Brutalism. Arch Daiy 

Elain Harwood, ‘Smithson, Peter Denham (1923–2003)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography [Subscription service] 

Harvard University. Alison and Peter Smithson Archive: An Inventory 

Mary Banham. ‘Obituary: Alison Smithson’ Independent 18 August 1993 

National Art Library Catalogue 

Open Learn 

Royston Landau. Smithson. Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online [Subscription service] 

The gentle brutalism of Upper Lawn, Alison and Peter Smithson’s rural retreat in the Wiltshire countryside. The Modern House 

The Independent Group 

UK Modern House - 10 houses by the Smithsons 

Video: Alison And Peter Smithson On Housing. Written by James Taylor-Foster. ArchDaily 

Wikipedia 

YouTube. Alison and Peter Smithson - The Space Between. AA School of Architecture 

YouTube. Robin Hood Gardens by Alison & Peter Smithson 

‘Alison Smithson Dies; British Architect, 65’ The New York Times 23 August 1993