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Italienische Gedanken: Beobachtungen Und Reflexionen Zur Architektur

Alison Smithson,Peter Smithson

2016 New editorship

Elisabeth Blum, Jesko Fezer, Gunther Fischer, Angelika Schnell

Not unjustly referred to as legendary, this series of books on the history and theory of architecture and urban…

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Alison Smithson - Imprint Of India

Alison Smithson

A visit to India was the inspiration for this book, which aims to communicate the author’s interest in the relationship between climate and the making of buildings. Each spread shows…

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Alison & Peter Smithson: Hexenhaus: A House for a Man and a Cat

Ana A balos Ramos,Maddalena Scimemi,Simon Smithson

A cat known as Sir Karl, writing on behalf of his butler Axel Bruchhauser, commissioned Snuff - the cat belonging to architects Alison and Peter Smithson - to construct two…

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Not Quite Architecture: Writing around Alison and Peter Smithson

M. Christine Boyer (William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Architecture and Urbanism, Princeton University)

An exploration of published and unpublished writings of Alison and Peter Smithson, considering them in the context of the debates and discourses of postwar architecture.

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Italienische Gedanken, Weitergedacht

Alison und Peter Smithson

-Der Schwerpunkt unserer Aufmerksamkeit-, heisst es bei Alison und Peter Smithson, -hat sich verlagert: von Gebauden als Objekten auf die Auswirkungen der Gebaude zur raumlichen Ausformulierung des Territoriums. So wie…

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Fair Ophelia: A Life of Harriet Smithson Berlioz

Peter Raby

This account of the remarkable life and career of Harriet Smithson Berlioz provides a fascinating commentary on the theatrical and cultural history of her time. It brings to life the…

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Fundamentals of the Physical Environment: Fourth Edition

Peter Smithson,Ken Addison,Ken Atkinson

A core introductory textbook for students of physical geography and environmental sciences, this fourth edition explains the scientific principles underlying the Earth’s climates, landforms, soils and ecosystems and reviews the…

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Fundamentals of the Physical Environment: Fourth Edition

Peter Smithson,Ken Addison,Ken Atkinson

A core introductory textbook for students of physical geography and environmental sciences, this fourth edition explains the scientific principles underlying the Earth’s climates, landforms, soils and ecosystems and reviews the…

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Big Sign - Little Building

Robert Smithson,Venturi And Rauch Architects,Peter Eisenman

All the works selected for Big Sign Little Building explore new interpretations of landscape that synthesize art and architecture. Artists include Charlotte Posenenske, Ed Ruscha, Claes Oldenburg, Allan D'Arcangelo, Robert…

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Berlin Free University: Candilis, Josic, Woods, Schiedhelm

Gabriel Feld,Gabriel Feld,Mohsen Mostafavi,Manfred Schiedhelm,Peter Smithson

Berlin Free University is an imagination of what a building might be - a building designed to function as a piece of the city, adapting to the needs of its…

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Lives of Shakespearian Actors, Part II, Volume 3: Edmund Kean, Sarah Siddons and Harriet Smithson by Their Contemporaries

Gail Marshall,Tetsuo Kishi,Jim Davis,Lisa Freeman,Peter Raby

During the eighteenth century, theatrical writing developed as a genre

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Lives of Shakespearian Actors, Part II, Volume 1: Edmund Kean, Sarah Siddons and Harriet Smithson by Their Contemporaries

Gail Marshall,Tetsuo Kishi,Jim Davis,Lisa Freeman,Peter Raby

During the eighteenth century, theatrical writing developed as a genre

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Lives of Shakespearian Actors, Part II, Volume 2: Edmund Kean, Sarah Siddons and Harriet Smithson by Their Contemporaries

Gail Marshall,Tetsuo Kishi,Jim Davis,Lisa Freeman,Peter Raby

During the eighteenth century, theatrical writing developed as a genre

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