Alison Smithson AKA Alison Margaret Gill Born: 22-Jun-1928 Birthplace: Sheffield, England Died: 14-Aug-1993 Location of death: London, England Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Female Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Architect Nationality: England Executive summary: New Brutalist Father: Ernest Gill Mother: Alison Jessie Malcolm Husband: Peter Denham Smithson (architect, m. 1949, one son, two daughters)
High School: George Watson's Ladies College University: University of Durham (1944-49)
Independent Group Founding Member (1953)
Author of books:
A Portrait of the Female Mind as a Young Girl (1966, novel) The Charged Void: Architecture (2001, architecture, with Peter Smithson)
Selected edifices:
Smithdon High School (1954) The Economist Building (1965) Garden Building, St Hilda's College (1967) Robin Hood Gardens (1972)
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