Video: Alison And Peter Smithson On Housing

In 1970 the BBC followed architects Alison and Peter Smithson through the construction of their seminal housing project, Robin Hood Gardens (London). The impact of their architecture continues to resonate well into the 21st century, most recently in the British Pavilion at the 2014 Venice Biennale. Robin Hood Gardens was demolished in 2013, bringing an end to the Smithson's utopian vision. Listen to Alison Smithson explain the European Housing Condition (as the vision stood in 1970), the state of British infrastructure as it was, and hear Peter Smithson discuss the impetus for their most famous collective housing project.

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Cite: James Taylor-Foster. "Video: Alison And Peter Smithson On Housing" 18 Dec 2014. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/579226/video-alison-and-peter-smithson-on-housing> ISSN 0719-8884

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