Background
Smithson, Alison Margaret was born on June 22, 1928 in Sheffield, England. Daughter of Ernest Gill and Alison Jessie (Malcolm) G.
Smithson, Alison Margaret was born on June 22, 1928 in Sheffield, England. Daughter of Ernest Gill and Alison Jessie (Malcolm) G.
Student, Sunderland, South Shields, George Watson's Ladies College, Edinburgh. Student, University Durham.
Wedding in the City, Triennale 1968, Twentyfour Doors to Christmas 1979, Christmas and Hogmanay, 1980-1981 etc. Assistant with London County Council 1949-1950. In private practice as architect with Peter Smithson since 1950.
Principal works include Hunstanton School, Economist Building, London, Robin Hood Gardens, G.L.C. Housing in Tower Hamlets, Garden Building St. Hilda's College, Oxford, Arts Barn University Bath, Small Works, furniture, Federal Republic Germany. Exhibitions include Twenty-four Doors to Christmas, 1979, Christmas and Hogmanay, 1980-1981. Author: The Tram Rats, The Christmas Tree, Calendar of Christmas, Places Worth Inheriting, An Anthology of Christmas, An Anthology of Scottish Christmas and Hogmanay, Team 10 Primer, Euston Arch.AS in Doctor of Science, An Eye on the Road, Upper Lawn, Solar Pavilion Folly, St. Jerome: The Study, The Desert, Team 10 Meetings, (novel) Young Girl, (novel) Imprint of India), (with P. Smithson) Urban Structuring Studies, Ordinariness and Light, Without Rhetoric, The Heroic Period of Modern Architecture, The Shift: Monograph, The 1930s, Changing the Art of Inhabitation.
Economist Building, London. Robin Hood Gardens, G.L.C. Housing in Tower Hamlets. Garden Building St. Hilda’s College, Oxford.Upper Lawm, Solar Pavilion, Folly. Arts Bam, University of Bath. Exhibitions: Wedding in the City, Triennale 1968, Twentyfour Doors to Christmas 1979, Christmas and Hogmanay, 1980-1981 etc.Publications: Young Girl (novel), Urban Structuring Studies (with P. Smithson), Team 10 Primer (Editor), Euston Arch, Ordinariness and Light, Without Rhetoric, The Heroic Period of Modem Architecture, The Shift: Monograph (all with P. Smithson), The Tram Rats, The Christmas Tree, Calendar of Christmas, Places Worth Inheriting, An Anthology of Christmas, An Anthology of Scottish Christmas and Hogmanay, AS in DS: An Eye on the Road, The 1930s, Upper Lawn: Solar Pavilion, Folly (with P. Smithson), Saint Jerome.
Married Peter Denham Smithson, 1949. 3 children.