Goodbye, Streets in the Sky!
8/25/2017
The bulldozer has rolled in. The demolition of Robin Hood Gardens has started. An obit. In praise of the best concrete in East London.
1923 Peter Smithson born in England
1928 Alison Smithson born in England
study of architecture at the School of Architecture, Newcastle, England (University of Durham)
both live and work in London.
1950 Exhibiton “This is Tomorrow” together with Eduardo1954 Paollozzi, Richard Hamilton, Lawrence Alloway, Nigel Henderson, et al.
Building designed: School in Hunstanton; The Economist Building, London; The Garden Building, Oxford; resistential projects East India Docks, etc.; municipal building project: Golden Lane, London
1990-2003 TECTA Landscape und KRAGSTUHLMUSEUM / TECTA-ACRHIV LAUENFÖRDE