Dear Axel... 99 Postcards from Alison and Peter Smithson

Unexpected insights into the long process of designing the "Hexenhaus," one of the most iconic buildings of the late 20th century.

Between 1985 and 2002, British architects Alison and Peter Smithson transformed a modest vernacular cottage into one of the most remarkable houses of the late twentieth century: the Hexenhaus. They completely redefined the relationship between the house and its surrounding landscape by means of more than twenty small additions, extractions, satellite buildings, furnishing op