In September, 1970, Peter Smithson presented the 'Kuwait Urban Study and Mat-
Building'proposal to the Crown Prince of Kuwait. The meeting took place two decades after …

The construction of the Adriatic Highway began in 1954, the result of the belated
modernisation of the Federal People's Republic of Croatia. The aim was to develop a unique …

Streets-in-the-sky were conceptualized by architects Alison and Peter Smithson as collective
space, an articulation between individual and civitas. This essay argues that streets-in-the …

This thesis addresses English-language architectural theory discourse. It is an interrogation
of the intellectual history of architectural theory language. While explicitly a contribution …

This essay examines the role of Marxist concepts in recent architectural theories of ecology
using two architecture firms, Estudio Teddy Cruz and Sauerbruch Hutton (SH), as case …

So called 'smart'built environments operate in a peculiar temporal nexus: they are
simultaneously just around the corner, already here, and yesterday's news. This is usually …

Between the late 1940s and the 1970s, the New Brutalism attempted to establish an ethical
architecture befitting post-World War II Britain. For this reason, it became a popular style for …

As society (never-ending) progress advances, the search for a growing optimization of the
whole building project lifespan (design, construction, and maintenance) has, somehow …

Functionalist sociologist and planner Austin Tetteh was the first African Dean of the Faculty
of Architecture at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in 1971 …

Abstract In 1952, Alison and Peter Smithson designed their Soho House in central London.
Published by their housemate Theo Crosby in Architectural Design magazine, the …