Urban Structuring by Alison Smithson Peter (6 results)

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Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. Revised Soft Cover Edition. soft cover., a few super-faint dust spots to top edge. minor reading wear to spine's surface. else, clean. no writing or markings of any sort. no bumps, tears with sturdy sewn binding.; 96pp., b/w illustrations. this is an expanded version of uppercase 3, a 1960 limited edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

Softcover. Condition: GOOD. First Edition. Good. Unmarked text. Marks to upper and lower margins of front flyleaf. First Edition. 1967, Studio Vista, London, and Reinhold, New York. Paperback; tanning and soiling to covers, moderate edge and corner wear; small dealer notations to rear cover upper corner. Spine square, black lettering still bright. Binding tight, solid & square. Red front flyleaf printed w/ publisher's description. Illustrated w/ b&w sketch drawings, plans, maps and photographs throughout. 96 pp. 6.5 x 7.75 inches. A Studio Vista/Reinhold Art Paperback, edited by John Lewis; issued simultaneously w/ the hardcover edition. Expanded from the Smithsons' Uppercase 3, a short book issued in a small run in 1960. Printed in the Netherlands by Koch & Knuttel, Gouda. Ships in a box, quickly & w/care. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ SYNOPSIS & HISTORY: Alison and Peter Smithson's Urban Structuring, published in 1967 by Studio Vista in London and Reinhold in New York as a Studio Vista/Reinhold Art Paperback edited by John Lewis, sets out the couple's thinking on the city in concise, chronological form. Sketch drawings, plans, maps and photographs follow their studies from the Golden Lane project of 1952 and its streets-in-the-air through patterns of association, identity, cluster and mobility to the London Roads Study, Hauptstadt Berlin and Citizens' Cambridge. The book grew out of Uppercase 3, a short 1960 book issued in a small run, in which the Smithsons first summarized their urban ideas; the 1967 volume expands it w/ the studies made since. The Golden Lane scheme was developed into a general theory and presented to CIAM 9 at Aix-en-Provence in 1953, where the words association and identity entered architectural thinking. Alison Smithson (1928-1993) and Peter Smithson (1923-2003) were British architects associated w/ New Brutalism and w/ Team X, whose 1953 revolt reshaped the CIAM congresses. Major built works by the pair include Hunstanton School in Norfolk, the Economist Building in St James's Street, London, and Robin Hood Gardens in Poplar.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Thus. Paper edition [Studio Vista, London, 1967]; 96 pages; illustrated card wraps, black & grey titling & illustration on front, black titling to spine, rubbed along edges, spine lightly creased, bumped at extremities. "This is not a mere catalogue of the works of two brilliant young architects, but the presentation of a set of ideas about architecture & town planning." ISBN: 289.27861.9 / 0289278619. Henderson, Nigel [photographer] (illustrator).…

Paperback. Alison & Peter Smithson, Reinhold. Author: Alison & Peter SmithsonBinding: PaperbackPublished: Reinhold, 1967Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Wear and tanning of external cover; pages in good condition This architectural study, Urban Structuring: Studies Of Alison & Peter Smithson, chronicles the influential theories and projects of two pivotal figures in post-war British architecture. It presents their radical ideas on urban planning and design, illustrating how their concepts aimed to redefine the relationship between inhabitants and their built environment. The volume details their innovative approaches to housing, infrastructure, and community, offering a critical examination of their enduring legacy. Readers will gain profound insights into the Smithsons' vision for a modern, structured urban landscape, challenging conventional notions of city development. Paperback.…

Brossura. Condition: ottimo. prima edizione. SMITHSON Alison (Sheffield 1928 - Londra 1993) - SMITHSON Peter (Stockton-on- Tees 1923 - Londra 2003) London - New York, Studio Vista - Reinhold Publishing, 1967, 19,5x16,5 cm., paperback, pp. 96, volume entirely illustrated with plans, projects and photographic images of building. Forward by Theo Crosby. First volume edition of a text partially published in 1960 in the magazine "Uppercase" n. 3. [Bibliography: Rouillard 2004: pp. 76-77].…