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13 The House of the Future - Alison & Peter Smithson


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Go downstairs, this project is on your far right.

In the twentieth century, new technologies and material innovations often inspired ideas for the homes of the future. The House of the Future went on view in London at the Daily Mail Ideal Home Exhibition in 1956. Exhibition visitors could see into the interior from an elevated gallery, where they watched actors in futuristic costumes demonstrating all sorts of technical refinements.

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