Alison and Peter Smithson: From the House of the Future to a House of Today - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 9064505284 ISBN 13 : 9789064505287

Editeur : 010 Uitgeverij, 2004

Synopsis

Alison and Peter Smithson were among the most influential and controversial architects of the latter half of the 20th century. Their reputation for controversy rather overshadowed the heart of their work, the designs for houses and preoccupation with the 'dwelling'. Although great admirers of Le Corbusier, they rejected his idea of the dwelling as a 'machine for living'. To the Smithsons a house was a particular place, which should be suited to its location, to ordinary requirements of life and to accommodate its inhabitants' individual patterns of use. This book examines the evolution of their approach to the everyday 'art of inhabitation'. It does so by extensively documenting most of their housing designs, especially their optimistic House of the Future and the series of renovations of and additions to the fairy-tale like 'Hexenhaus'.

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À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Alison and Peter Smithson were among the most influential and controversial architects of the latter half of the 20th century. Their reputation for controversy rather overshadowed the heart of their work, the designs for houses and preoccupation with the 'dwelling'. Although great admirers of Le Corbusier, they rejected his idea of the dwelling as a 'machine for living'. To the Smithsons a house was a particular place, which should be suited to its location, to ordinary requirements of life and to accommodate its inhabitants' individual patterns of use. This book examines the evolution of their approach to the everyday 'art of inhabitation'. It does so by extensively documenting most of their housing designs, especially their optimistic House of the Future and the series of renovations of and additions to the fairy-tale like 'Hexenhaus'.

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Alison and Peter Smithson were among the most influential and controversial architects of the latter half of the 20th century. Their reputation for controversy rather overshadowed the heart of their work, the designs for houses and preoccupation with the 'dwelling'. Although great admirers of Le Corbusier, they rejected his idea of the dwelling as a 'machine for living'. To the Smithsons a house was a particular place, which should be suited to its location, to ordinary requirements of life and to accommodate its inhabitants' individual patterns of use. This book examines the evolution of their approach to the everyday 'art of inhabitation'. It does so by extensively documenting most of their housing designs, especially their optimistic House of the Future and the series of renovations of and additions to the fairy-tale like 'Hexenhaus'.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: 010 Uitgeverij
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9064505284
• ISBN 13: 9789064505287
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 232
• Éditeur: Risselada Max, Van Den Heuvel Dirk
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible