Title & Author:

Signs of Occupancy / [presented by] Alison Smithson & Peter Smithson.

Publication:

London, England : Pidgeon Digital, 1979.

Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (29 minutes)) : sound, color

Notes:
Children's Camp At The Folly At Fonthill, February 1979 -- WC At 46 Limerston, Street, London, 1956. Paolizzi Papers -- This Is Tomorrow Exhibition, Whitechapel, London 1956 -- Hunstanton Secondary Modern School, Norfolk, 1954. Interior -- Folly, Fonthill, Wiltshire In 1962 -- Economist Building, St. James' Street, London, 1969. Plaza -- Robin Hood Gardens. Tower Hamlets, London, 1977. Internal Green Space -- Occupational Health Unit, Park Royal, London, 1963 -- 36 Bark Place, London, 1956 -- Garden Site Pavilion At 100 Bayswater Road, London, 1969 -- St. Hilda's College. Oxford, Proposed Chairs, 1971 -- Painted Box On Terrace Of 2 Priory Walk, London, 1968 -- Yellow House, 1976 -- House Of The Future At Daily Mail Ideal Homes Exhibition, London, 1956 -- St. Hilda's College, Oxford, 1970 -- Folly At Fonthill, In 1970 -- Millbank, London, 1977. Flats -- 100 Bayswater Road, London. One End Of Garden Pavilion -- 2 Priory Walk, London. Tile Shelf Of Top-Floor Kitchen-Dining Room In 1968 -- 2 Priory Walk, London. The Same Shelf & Christmas Card Of 1970 -- 2 Priory Walk, London. The Same Shelf & S. Smithson "Occupying Her Territory".

Summary:

Signs Of Occupancy talks about two things: firstly how the language of architecture can indicate its use, and, beyond that, how it can invite the affection and the design activities of its occupiers and their successors. The Smithson's first essay under this title appeared in Architectural Design No.2, 1972. The late Alison and Peter Smithson were a husband and wife team who started in architectural practice in London in 1950. They were widely known for their buildings and for their many articles and books, including "Team 10 Primer" and "Beyond Rhetoric".

Subject:

Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Architectural design Great Britain.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Design architectural Grande-Bretagne.
Architectural design.
Architecture, Modern.
Great Britain.

Added entries:

Smithson, Alison, 1928-1993, narrator.
Smithson, Peter, 1923-2003, narrator.