Salute the brutes; The Arts The grim, concrete functionalism of 1960s architects Peter and Alison Smithson is being celebrated by the Design Museum, and rightly so. From: The Evening Standard (London, England) | Date: November 25, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Solo Syndication Limited. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

Byline: ROWAN MOORE

ROBIN Hood Gardens in east London looks like the archetype of a grim modernist estate. Set above the roaring mouth of the Blackwall Tunnel, and pallisaded with concrete fins, this stain-streaked fortress seems made for rain. It is like a face scoured by the raw winter wind. It is hard to imagine the sun shining here, ever. Its walkways, which its architects wanted to be "streets in the air" and full of sociable bustle, are bare and empty.

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