neil mp
Urban walk 20 May 2017: Lewisham to Mile End 50
Robin Hood Gardens, Poplar, London E14
Alison and Peter Smithson, completed 1972 and unlikely to survive more than another 2 or three years.
"In spite of all the controversies surrounding their work, then and now, [the Smithsons’] must be rated as Britain’s most important architectural designers, and especially architectural thinkers, during the period 1950-1970. Their idea of community architecture was exceedingly influential throughout the world. RHG is the only proper concrete manifestation of their concepts and is thus of extreme importance, not only historically speaking, but also for the present, as the concept of ‘design for the community’ still holds its fascination for architects and housing reformers."
Professor Stefan Muthesius, University of East Anglia
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2010/dec/05/robin-hood-g...
Urban walk 20 May 2017: Lewisham to Mile End 50
Robin Hood Gardens, Poplar, London E14
Alison and Peter Smithson, completed 1972 and unlikely to survive more than another 2 or three years.
"In spite of all the controversies surrounding their work, then and now, [the Smithsons’] must be rated as Britain’s most important architectural designers, and especially architectural thinkers, during the period 1950-1970. Their idea of community architecture was exceedingly influential throughout the world. RHG is the only proper concrete manifestation of their concepts and is thus of extreme importance, not only historically speaking, but also for the present, as the concept of ‘design for the community’ still holds its fascination for architects and housing reformers."
Professor Stefan Muthesius, University of East Anglia
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2010/dec/05/robin-hood-g...