Peter Smithson: Conversations with Students: A Space for Our Generation

ISBN 10: 1568984618 / ISBN 13: 9781568984612

Published by Princeton Architectural Press, 2005

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Peter Smithson: Conversations with Students: A Space for Our Generation
• Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1568984618
• ISBN 13: 9781568984612
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

When Peter Smithson died in March 2003, architecture lost one of its most inspired practitioners, incisive theorists, and charismatic teachers. Along with his late wife and partner, Alison, Smithson emerged in the postwar era as Britain's preeminent advocate of architectural modernism.
The Smithson's achieved cult-figure status in the architectural world, particularly among students who admired the power of their ideas and work. But with no built projects in the U.S., they remained something of an enigma there. Now, as part of our Conversations with Students series, Smithson's ideas will be made widely accessible in a handy and inexpensive format for the first time.

Review

Unglaub and Spellman have developed a neat structure...giving the reader direct insight into Smithson's recollections, opinions and ideas. -- Monument Magazine, Feb/Mar 2006