Alison Margaret Smithson
General Information
Occupation: Architect, Urbanist
Date of Birth: June 22, 1928
Date of Death: August 14, 1993
Birth City: Sheffield
Birth Country: England (U.K.)
Resident Country: England (U.K.)
Archive/Repository: Special Collections, Frances Loeb Library, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, The Alison and Peter Smithson Archive ; IAWA, Special Collection, Newman Library, Ms97-020
Sources: McQuiston, Liz. Women in Design: a Contemporary View. New York City: Rizzoli, 1988. ; Harvard University Online Inventory at: http://oasis.lib.harvard.edu/oasis/deliver/~des00015
Specialties
No specialties on record
Jobs
Employer: London County Council
Title: Assistant
City: London
Country: England (U.K.)
Notes: Commenced work for Schools Section
Employer: Partnership
Title: In practice with husband, Peter Smithson
City: London
Country: England (U.K.)
Notes: Best known built work of partnership: Hunstanton Secondary Modern School, Norfolk, (won in competition), 1950-1954; private houses; Economist Building, St. James Street, London, 1960-1964; Robin Hood Gardens, Tower Hamlets, 1963-1973; Garden Building, St. Hildas, Oxford, 1967-1969; buildings at University of Bath, 1980s.
Employer: Visiting Professorships, seminars, studios, workshops in Europe and abroad
Title: Teacher
Notes: Numerous essays published internationally since 1951.
Collaborators
Name: Peter Smithson
Project: Coventry Cathedral, 1951; Sheffield University, 1957; Infant School, Wokingham, 1958; Churchill College, 1959; British Embassy, Brasilia, 1964; Lucas H. Q., 1973; Maryhill Housing, Glasgow, 1984.
Notes: Various other works were done with her husband, Peter.
Apprenticeships
No apprenticeships on record
Awards
Exhibitions
Title: The House of the Future
Title: This is Tomorrow
Title: Milan Triennale
City: Milan
Title: Venice Biennale
City: Venice
Title: Twenty-four Doors to Christmas
Title: Christmas and Hogmanay
Notable Projects
Education
Institution: University of Durham at Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Department: School of Architecture
Licensing
No licenses on record
Professional Affiliations
No affiliations on record
Publications By
Title: Without Rhetoric: An Architectural Aesthetic, 1955-1972
Co-author: Peter Smithson
Publisher: Latimer New Dimensions
Date Published: January 01, 1973
Url: http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9068313/Alison-Smithson-and-Peter-Smithson#143701.hook
Title: The Heroic Period of Modern Architecture
Co-author: Peter Smithson
Publisher: Rizzoli
City: New York
Date Published: January 01, 1981
Url: http://addison.vt.edu/search?/X(Alison%20Margaret%20Smithson)+and+(Biography)+and+(Contemporary%20Authors)&searchscope=1&SORT=D&Da=&Db=/X(Alison%20Margaret%20Smithson)+and+(Biography)+and+(Contemporary%20Authors)&searchscope=1&SORT=D&Da=&Db=&SUBKEY=%28Alison%20Margaret%20Smithson%29%20and%20%28Biography%29%20and%20%28Contemporary%20Authors%29/1%2C32000%2C32000%2CB/frameset&FF=X(Alison%20Margaret%20Smithson)+and+(Biography)+and+(Contemporary%20Authors)&searchscope=1&SORT=D&Da=&Db=&4%2C4%2C
Title: Publications
Notes: Team 10 Meetings, Imprint of India (novel), The Desert, St. Jerome: The Study, An Anthology of Christmas, An Anthology of Scottish Christmas and Hogmany, Places Worth Inheriting, Calendar of Christmas, The Christmas Tree, Team 10 Primer, The Tram Rats, Euston Arch, An Eye on the Road, Solar Pavillion Folly, Upper Lawn, The Heroic Period of Modern Architecture, The Shift: Monograh, The 1930s
Publications About
Title: Women in Design a contemporary view
Author: Liz McQuiston
Publication: Book
Page: 118
Publisher: Rizzoli
City: New York City
Title: Alison and Peter Smithson
Author: Donald Leslie and Donald Langmead
Publication: Architectura, July 1992, Makers of the 20the Century modern architecture
Publisher: Donald Leslie and Donald Langmead
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