English architects Alison Smithson (1928-1993) and Peter Smithson (18 September 1923-3 March 2003) together formed an architectural partnership, and are often associated with the Brutalist style. Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the British Isles Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001 Census) – Density Ranked 1st UK... Architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect is a person involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a buildings construction. ... 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... September 18 is the 261st day of the year (262nd in leap years). ... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... March 3 is the 62nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (63rd in leap years). ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Brutalism is an architectural style that spawned from the modernist architectural movement and which flourished from the 1950s to the 1970s. ...

Peter was born in Stockton-on-Tees in north-east England, and Alison was born in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. While studying architecture at Durham University (1939-1942), they met each other, and married in 1949. Together, they joined the architecture department of the London County Council before establishing their own partnership in 1950. Stockton-on-Tees is an industrial town and port on the River Tees in north-eastern England. ... For other uses, see Sheffield (disambiguation). ... South Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in England. ... Durham University is a university in England. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday. ... London County Council emblem is still seen today on buildings, especially housing, from that era London County Council (LCC) was the principal local government body for the County of London from 1889 until 1965, when it was replaced by the Greater London Council. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Their style draws heavily on influences from Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, leaning towards minimalism. They were associated Team X and its 1953 revolt against old Congrès International d'Architecture Moderne (CIAM) philosophies, arguing instead for 'streets in the sky' where inhabitants could live and work, and were members of the Independent Group particpating in the 1953 Parallel of Life and Art exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Arts and This is Tomorrow in 1956. The reconstructed German Pavilion in Barcelona Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (born Maria Ludwig Michael Mies) (March 27, 1886 – August 19, 1969) was the leading architect of the modernist style. ... Team X (or Team 10) was a group of architects assembled after World War II. Several personalities have been members of it throughout the years: Alison and Peter Smithson, Giancarlo De Carlo, Aldo Van Eyck. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... The Congrès International dArchitecture Moderne (CIAM) (International Congress of Modern Architecture) (1928 - 1959) was the think tank of the Modern Movement (or International Style) in architecture. ... The IG or Independent Group is known for having launched Pop Art. ... This is Tomorrow was an seminal art exhibition in August 1956 at the Whitechapel Art Gallery. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Their projects included:

• Smithdon High School, Hunstanton, Norfolk (1949-1954; a grade II* listed building)
• The House of the Future exhibition (at the 1956 Ideal Home Show)
• The Economist Building, Piccadilly, London (1959-1965)
• Garden building, St Hilda's College, Oxford (1968)
• Robin Hood Gardens housing complex, Poplar, east London (1969-1972)
• Buildings at the University of Bath, including the School of Architecture and Building Engineering (1988)

Unfortunately, Robin Hood Gardens suffered from structural problems and high levels of crime, fatally undermining both their progressive vision of 'streets in the sky' and their architectural reputation. With the exception of their work at Bath, they designed no further public buildings in Britain, relying instead mainly on private overseas commissions, Peter Smithson’s writing and teaching, (he was a visiting professor at Bath from 1978 to 1990, and also a unit master at the Architectural Association School of Architecture). Smithdon High School (formerly known as Hunstanton Secondary Modern School) is a comprehensive school in Hunstanton, Norfolk. ... Hunstanton is a large seaside town in Norfolk, England, facing The Wash. ... Norfolk (pronounced IPA: /nÉ”:fÉ™k/) is a low-lying county in East Anglia in the east of southern England. ... Buckingham Palace, a Grade I listed building. ... The Economist is a weekly news and international affairs publication of The Economist Newspaper Limited in London. ... Piccadilly is a major London street, running from Hyde Park Corner in the west to Piccadilly Circus in the east. ... For other uses, see London (disambiguation). ... St Hildas College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. ... Robin Hood Gardens Robin Hood Gardens is a housing complex in Poplar, London designed in the late 1960s by architects Alison and Peter Smithson and completed in 1972. ... Poplar is an area of the East End of London in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. ... The University of Bath is a campus university located near Bath, England at 51°22. ... For other uses, see Bath (disambiguation). ... The Architectural Association (also known as AA School of Architecture) is the oldest independent school of architecture in the UK. It was founded by two dissatisfied young architects (Robert Kerr, 19, and Charles Grey, 24) in 1847 to provide a self-directed, independent education at a time when there was...