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It all began with a letter in May 1984, signed by a tom-cat in Bad Karlshafen, addressed to another tom-cat in London. In the letter, the cat known as Sir Karl, writing on behalf of his butler Axel Bruchhäuser, commissioned Snuff - the cat belonging to architects Alison & Peter Smithson - to construct two lookouts for his 'Hexenhaus'. The letter marked the start of a fateful collaboration between Axel Bruchhäuser and the architects, the prelude to permanent alterations to the Hexenhaus - itself a poetic construct of lattices and built-fabrics. Step by step, the house was expanded and opened to admit the light as well the trees, which became part of the interior. The Hexenhaus is a testament to the early, radical style of the Smithsons, to the corrective and anti-aesthetic character of their finest designs - and at the same time, a monument to the professional work of Alison & Peter Smithson.

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Book category Books in German Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik Kunst Innenarchitektur, Design

• Full title: Alison & Peter Smithson
• Subtitle: Hexenhaus: A House for a Man and a Cat
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 268
• EAN: 9783960989325
• ISBN: 3960989326
• ID: 33491064
• Publisher: König, Walther
• Weight: 1225 g
• Dimensions: 287 × 225 × 30 mm
• Date of publishing: 18. January 2021

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