Architecture and Democracy 1965-1989: Urban Renewal, Populism and the Welfare State

Proceedings of the 6th annual conference organized by the Jaap Bakema Study Centre, Het Nieuwe Instituut and TU Delft.

Brutalism and the Welfare State: Histories of Displacement, 1952-2017

Abstract for<br/>The Brutalist Turn conference<br/>Azrieli School of Architecture, Tel Aviv University, and the Azrieli Architectural Archive, Tel Aviv Museum of Art<br/>14-16 April, 2019<br/><br/><br/>My presentation will look into the intersections of New Brutalism and welfare state politics, using the case of Alison and Peter Smithson to...

Alison and Peter Smithson: A Brutalist Story, Involving the House, the City and the Everyday (Plus a Couple of Other Things)

The dissertation looks into the work of the British architects Alison and Peter Smithson (1928-1993, 1923-2003). Their work is regarded as exemplary for the development of modern architecture in the second half of the twentieth century, specifically with regard to the relation between architecture, welfare state politics and the rise of a new...