Alison Smithson: portrait of a pioneer

Alison Smithson

Source: Peter Smithson

Rachel Cooke’s new book, Her Brilliant Career, tells the stories of 10 women who led inspirational lives in the 1950s. Here we present an extract from the chapter devoted to Alison Smithson

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