… the past like the old monuments, the new monuments seem to cause us to forget the future.
… , granite, or other kinds of rock, the new monuments are made of artificial materials, plastic, …

… The Smithsons were an old family remotely related to the … , adulating the high purposes of
the Smithson bequest, arguing for … against the danger of the dissipation of the Smithson money …

… essay discusses the concept of ‘Image’, identified by Banham as one of the key concepts
of … to the various statements made by the Smithsons. In contrast to Banham, the Smithsons …

… the works to which they belong. We have included a small selection of Smithson's early
poems among the … Though they are derivative and strongly echo the rhetoric of TS Eliot's "Ash …

… As Alison Smithson noted, “We were all the lost generation together; that is, the generation
… Rather than criticize or ridicule what was being presented in the magazines, the Smithsons …

… , 1968 © Holt/Smithson Foundation, 2024 The earth’s surface and the figments of the mind
have a … One’s mind and the earth are in a constant state of erosion, mental rivers wear away …

… The first one ‘The Smithson-ness of the Smithsons’ is an almost autonomous piece as an
introduction to the various interdependent themes of the … the work and thinking of the Smithsons…

… Design and the Herberger Center … Smithson for his generosity and enthusiasm for this
publication and we are extremely appreciative of the students and faculty that participated in the …

… After that I went up to the upper bus level (platform 173) and boarded the number 30 bus
of the Inter-City Transportation Co. I sat down and opened the Times. I glanced over … “Gothic” …

… at the Architectural Association School and on conversations with the Editor, Peter Smithson
recalls the background to the … , his later visits to Chicago and a 1973 revisit to the building. …