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	Telegraph \| News \| Peter Smithson
		Peter Smithson, who has died aged 79, was one of the most influential figures in post-war British architecture.
		Peter Denham Smithson was born at Stockton-on-Tees on September 18 1923.
		Peter Smithson was a brilliant and highly influential teacher at the Architectural Association, where he preferred teaching small groups of students to giving lectures.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/03/10/db1002.xml (1228 words)

	SocietyGuardian.co.uk \| Society \| Obituary: Peter Smithson
		Peter Smithson, who has died aged 79, was a Durham lad who, as a young man, made no secret of his intention to become "the world's greatest architect", a possibility which his peers tended to accept.
		In 1949, Smithson quickly landed a job as an assistant in the schools division of the London County Council architect's department, which, in the first half of the 20th century, attracted architects from all over the world.
		The Smithsons were averse to the concept of "styles" and "isms", but Banham had their work in mind in his 1955 essay on the new brutalism, which he saw as a humanising force focusing on the everyday.
	society.guardian.co.uk /urbandesign/story/0,11200,911182,00.html (1094 words)

	Alison + Peter Smithson / Architects (1928-1993 + 1923-2003) - Design/Designer Information
		Born in Stockton-on-Tees in 1923, Peter Smithson met Alison Gill, born in Sheffield in 1928, when they were studying at the school of architecture in Newcastle, then part of Durham University.
		The Smithsons’ ideal city combined different activities within the same areas and they envisaged modern housing being built as “streets in the sky” to encourage the residents to feel a sense of “belonging” and “neighbourliness”.
		Peter, in particular, was praised as a devoted and inspiring teacher.
	www.designmuseum.org /design/alison-peter-smithson (1776 words)

	Peter Smithson - Great Buildings Online
		Peter Smithson was born in Stockton-on-Tees, England in 1923.
		Allison Smithson was born in Sheffield, England in 1928.
		In 1956, as members of the Independent Group, the Smithsons contributed to the This is Tomorrow exhibition which was revised in 1990 for an ICA travelling exhibition on their work.
	www.greatbuildings.com /architects/Peter_Smithson.html (207 words)

	Obituary - View - Peter Smithson - Obituary Architectural Review, The - Find Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Peter Salter contributes a personal memoir on one of the most influential and inspiring partnerships of the second half of the twentieth century.
		Embedded in the two major publications of the Smithsons, Ordinariness and Light and the later book Without Rhetoric, is the idea that architecture should exist with explicit qualities and appropriateness and also with a reticence and quietness that can accommodate the different wishes and desires of its inhabitants.
		For the Smithsons the deck access promenade of the overall strategic plan was understood as some capacious carpet, in which their building forms a tassle at the extremity.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3575/is_1276_213/ai_103826390 (811 words)

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		Peter Smithson is working on trends within Sri Lankan rainfall in particular differentiating between the patterns in the different rainfall regimes of Sri Lanka.
		Smithson P.A. An objective classification of homogeneous rainfall regions in Sri Lanka.
		Smithson P.A. The North Derbyshire tornado of 11 July 1995.
	www.shef.ac.uk /geography/staff_cms/smithson_peter_cms.html (329 words)

	Alison and Peter Smithson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		English architects Alison Smithson (1928-1993) and Peter Smithson (18 September 1923-3 March 2003) together formed an architectural partnership, and are often associated with the Brutalist style.
		Peter was born in Stockton-on-Tees in north-east England, and Alison was born in Sheffield, South Yorkshire.
		With the exception of their work at Bath, they designed no further public buildings in Britain, relying instead mainly on private overseas commissions, Peter Smithson’s writing and teaching, (he was a visiting professor at Bath from 1978 to 1990, and also a unit master at the Architectural Association School of Architecture).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Peter_Smithson (265 words)

	From Here To Modernity Architects - Peter & Alison Smithson
		The immediate post-war years were a time of political change in Britain, with an ambitious new leftwing government determined to turn the carnage of the War into an opportunity to rebuild the nation, both in a literal and social sense.
		But even before it was completed, the Smithsons were already expressing serious doubts at the Modernist orthodoxy, particularly in the crucial field of urban planning where CIAM's 1933 Athen's Charter (written by Le Corbusier) remained dominant.
		The Smithsons themselves built Robin Hood Gardens in 1972, but by then the wider deficiencies of Modernism, first noted by the couple twenty years previously, were becoming apparent to the general public as well.
	www.open2.net /modernity/4_7.htm (633 words)

	Alison and Peter Smithson - from the House of the Future to a house of today - Archiseek Architecture Planning ...
		Striving to adapt the progressive ideas of the pre-war modern movement to the specific human needs of post-war reconstruction, Alison and Peter Smithson were among the most influential and controversial architects of the latter half of the 20th century.
		Alison and Peter Smithsons' reputation for controversy rather overshadowed the work at the heart of their architectural philosophy and practice: their designs for houses and preoccupation with the 'dwelling'.
		To the Smithsons a house was a particular place, which should be suited to its location, able to meet the ordinary requirements of life and to accommodate its inhabitants' individual patterns of use.
	www.archiseek.com /content/showthread.php?t=3092 (387 words)

	Alison and Peter Smithson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Alison (1928-1993) and Peter (1923-2003) Smithson were at the heart of the debate about the future course of modern architecture.
		This exhibition shows the evolution of the Smithsons' approach to the ''art of inhabitation.'' It extensively documents almost all their designs for individual dwellings, especially their optimistic House of the Future of 1955-1956, and the series of alterations and additions to the fairy-tale Hexenhaus (Witch's House) in Germany from the mid-1980s on.
		Striving to adapt the progressive ideas of the pre-war modern movement to the specific human needs of post-war reconstruction, Alison and Peter Smithson were among the most influential and controversial architects of the latter half of the twentieth century.
	www.undo.net /artinpress/1081202400.1081180478.html (475 words)

	Peter Smithson, 1923-2003 - Archiseek Architecture Planning Discussion
		He worked with his wife Alison Smithson, with the London County Council Architects' Department before establishing a partnership with her in 1950.
		I'd say the Smithsons came into that category of talk-the-talk architects, cushioned by a coterie of mutually back-scratching friends and colleagues and critics (London's Independent Group, incorporating Reyner Banham as house Boswell).
		We'll see I guess if Hadid has something more to offer than form searching for content when I see her Cincinatti Gallery and will be prepared to eat my words but your comment about a career cushioned by a coterie of mutually back scratching friends and critics seems to have a contemporary resonance.
	www.archiseek.com /content/showthread.php?t=1961 (838 words)

	Gabion: Meet the Smithsons: separating the hype from reality. Should Alison and Peter Smithson have stuck to talking? ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		From the 1940s to the 1970s, the Smithsons were one of the trendiest design couples in Britain.
		The Smithsons, both fiercely intellectual, embodied the post-war architectural avant-garde in Britain.
		Oh yes, the Smithsons were manifesto architects, signature designers, colourful characters in an age of drab uniformity.
	www.hughpearman.com.cob-web.org:8888 /articles5/smithsons.html (562 words)

	Alison and Peter Smithson Witte de With Rotterdam
		An important adaptation made by the Smithsons and their generation was the rejection of modernism's machine aesthetics.
		To the Smithsons a house was a particular place, which should be suited to its location and able to meet the ordinary requirements of everyday life and to accommodate its inhabitants' individual patterns of use.
		The Smithsons' interest in the everyday and ordinary originated from various circumstances, such as their experience of wartime and the poverty and scarcity during the post-war reconstruction period.
	www.designws.com /pagina/1wdweng.htm (542 words)

	The Twentieth Century Society
		The Smithsons’ weekend home in Wiltshire belongs to that species in more than one sense, because not only did they build their ideas as concretely as possible, they also built themselves a private place for retreat and reflection.
		To this end the Smithsons acquired part of a farmstead in Wiltshire that consisted of a large walled yard with a labourer’s cottage built into the northern wall.
		Peter’s extensive photographic record of the construction and occupation of Upper Lawn is an important constituent of the publication.
	www.c20society.org.uk /docs/building/solar_pavilion.html (695 words)

	WalesRails Message Board - A Bravenet.com Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		I am trying to explore the Smithson family history tree and relevant information pertaining to such, and would be entirely greatful to anyone who may be able to provide pertinent information.
		It is particularly interesting for me as I and now my son Christopher Smithson, are currently the last of the family line, after my father Ivor Peter Smithson and his brother Anthony.
		I know that the resources to help with specific enquiries such as mine may be limited, but I would be entirely grateful for any suggestions of names or department, local history societies or historical specialists, that may be useful for me to contact.
	pub23.bravenet.com /forum/1965500596/fetch/83390 (183 words)

	Witte de With - Project - Alison and Peter Smithson
		The exhibition about Alison and Peter Smithson was organized by Dirk van den Heuvel and Max Risselada of the Faculty of Architecture at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), who were granted full access to the archives of the Smithsons for a number of years to conduct their research.
		The new concepts of “place” and “territory” were a counterbalance to Le Corbusier’s “machine for living.” To the Smithsons, a house was a special place which had to meet the ordinary requirements of everyday life while remaining in harmony with its surroundings.
		Alison Smithson: Waar te lopen en waar te rijden (...)
	www.wdw.nl /project.php?id=34 (455 words)

	parole: cluster
		Peter SmithsonFebruary 24, 1999A Selected Bibliography BOOKSA + P Smithson: pensieri, progetti e frammenti fino al 1990 / a cura di Marco Vidotto.Genova: Sagep, c1991.Loeb Design: NA997.S54 A4x 1990Alison + Peter Smithson.
		Includes the Festival of Britain in 1951 on architecture, influence of Alison and Peter Smithson, and the This is Tomorrow exhibition of 1956.Dal Team X al Team x = From Team X to Team x / Mirko Zardini.IN: Lotus international 1997, n.95, p.[76]-97.Notes: In Italian and English.
		The project is discussed in relation to the architecture of Brasília and to Brazilian culture.
	parole.aporee.org /work/print.php?words_id=200 (461 words)

	Peter Smithson \| Arup
		Peter is a Principal in Arup's Melbourne office with a key role in Arup Facade Engineering.
		Peter completed a Bachelor of Architecture at the University of Melbourne in 1976.
		Peter has worked throughout, Hong Kong, China and the Middle East.
	www.arup.com /australasia/people.cfm?pageid=2001 (102 words)

	Brightsurf: Architecture Is Not Made With the Brain: The Labour of Alison And Peter Smithson by Niall Hobhouse
		The Smithsons office was very much concerned with the education of the architect.
		This included the Smithsons themselves, whose primary concern was always the search for and development of ideas.
		It was selected by Soraya, Simon, and Samantha Smithson from the family collection and features some of the finest buildings designed by their parents, and reminds us why the Smithsons are among the most important, if overlooked, British architects of the last 30 years.
	www.brightsurf.com /item.php?ASIN=1902902432 (1318 words)

	Peter De Witte ( - ) Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
		Peter Wtewael - The Denial of Peter 1620's oil on wood Cleveland Museum of Art Dutch
		Peter Paul Rubens, The Tribute Money, after the painting by Peter Paul Rubens now in the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 17th century
		A central concern for the Smithsons was the desig...
	www.wwar.com /masters/d/de_witte-peter.html (1716 words)

	Gabion: Meet the Smithsons: separating the hype from reality. Should Alison and Peter Smithson have stuck to talking? ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Smithsons were wedded to their "streets in the sky " idea of broad aerial walkways in long slab blocks.
		The Smithsons were exposed as both arrogant and fallible.
		Their reputation never recovered in Britain, and though they later added modest buildings to Bath University, they were never trusted with such a large public project again.
	www.hughpearman.com.cob-web.org:8888 /articles5/smithsons5.html (173 words)

	RIBA Bookshops - Monographs: The Charged Void: Architecture .
		British Architects Alison and Peter Smithson first rose to prominence with their design for the Hunstanton Secondary Modern School, a low-slung glass and steel structure built in 1949-54.
		Almost simultaneously, whilst planning CIAM X in Dubrovnik, the Smithsons founded the breakaway Team X. Since that time, many of their ideas, both social and architectural have profoundly influenced generations of practitioners, students and academics.
		The Charged Void: Architecture is the first comprehensive book available on the enormous legacy of Alison and Peter Smithson.
	www.ribabookshops.com /site/viewtitle.asp?pid=3370 (281 words)

	www.taranakigolf.co.nz - News
		The Taranaki side comprising Ropiha, Martin, Peter Smithson, Bryan Martelletti and Mark Kennard also won the teams event for the first time, heading Bay of Plenty by four shots.
		Local scribe Peter Bingham and racing identity Carey Hobbs took out the major prize for the best nett with rounds of 63 and 32 off their 5.3 handicap while the Opunake pair of Aarun Langton and Troy Forsyth won the best gross with rounds of 64 and 29.
		Former Wellington representative, Peter Smithson gets the opportunity to show his ability at number four while Manaia’s Michael Sharp breaks into the top five for the first time.
	www.taranakigolf.co.nz /news.htm (4259 words)

	Peter and Alison Smithson - Great Buildings Online
		While their buildings exhibited some key architectural ideas, the Smithsons gained most of their recognition through their involvement with Team 10 and its overthrow of old CIAM philosophies.
		In 1956, as members of the Independent Group, the Smithsons contributed to the This is Tomorrow exhibition which was revised in 1990 for an ICA (Institute of Contemporary Arts) travelling exhibition on their work.
		We appreciate your suggestions for links about Peter and Alison Smithson.
	www.greatbuildings.com /architects/Peter_and_Alison_Smithson.html (246 words)

	TEAM 10 ONLINE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		From the mid-1950s until well into the 1970s, the debate on Modern Architecture and the city received a new impulse from a group of young European architects under the banner of Team 10.
		Core members included the Dutch architects Jaap Bakema and Aldo van Eyck, Alison and Peter Smithson from the United Kingdom, Giancarlo De Carlo from Italy, and Georges Candilis and Shadrach Woods from France.
		Other architects who were involved include José Coderch, Ralph Erskine, Amancio Guedes, Herman Hertzberger and Oswald Mathias Ungers.They met within the CIAM organization - the famous platform for modern architects dominated by Le Corbusier, Walter Gropius and Sigfried Giedion - but they soon abandoned it to hold their own meetings.
	www.team10online.org (315 words)

	Meam Net : : : Alison Smithson - Peter Smithson
		Meam Net : : : Alison Smithson - Peter Smithson
		Peter and Alison met at the University of Durham.
		Peter moved to London to study at the Royal Academy.
	www.meamnet.polimi.it /archive/090/090m.html (118 words)

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