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Alison and Peter Smithson: Secondary School (Smithdon High School), 1949D–1954

  • Hunstanton, Great Britain, Show on map
  • #EDU #Iron #Brick #Banham1966 #Western Europe
  • This was the first edifice to visualize the concept of Brutalism with a built structure, at least in terms of Reyner Banham’s definition. Characteristically, the interior fit-out relies on prefabricated, customary industrial products that are utilized as “ready-mades” and formed the basis for an “as found” aesthetics.

  • Since 1993 a “Grade II” heritage building