The context for design 7 Figure 2.12 Alison and Peter Smithson,Hunstanton School,1954.From The New Brutalism,Banham,R., Architectural Press,p.34. Figure 2.10 Louis Kahn,Richards Medical Research Centre,University of Pennsylvania,1961.From Architecture Since 1945,Joedicke,J.,Pall Mall. alternative to the effete trappings of the Festival of Britain. And within this complex picture loomed a burgeoning technology which further fuelled the modernist's imagination.Architects were quick to embrace techniques from other disci- plines,most notably structural and mechanical engineering and applied physics to generate new building types.The development of framed and large-span structures freed archi- tects from the constraints of traditional build- ing techniques where limited spans and load- bearing masonry had imposed variations on an essentially cellular plan type.Now archi- tects could plan buildings where walls and Figure 2.11 Alison and Peter Smithson,Hunstanton School,1954.From The New Brutalism,Banham,R., partitions were divorced from any structural Architectural Press,p.32. intrusion.alternative to the effete trappings of the Festival of Britain. And within this complex picture loomed a burgeoning technology which further fuelled the modernist’s imagination. Architects were quick to embrace techniques from other disci￾plines, most notably structural and mechanical engineering and applied physics to generate new building types. The development of framed and large-span structures freed archi￾tects from the constraints of traditional build￾ing techniques where limited spans and load￾bearing masonry had imposed variations on an essentially cellular plan type. Now archi￾tects could plan buildings where walls and partitions were divorced from any structural intrusion. The context for design 7 Figure 2.10 Louis Kahn, Richards Medical Research Centre, University of Pennsylvania, 1961. From Architecture Since 1945, Joedicke, J., Pall Mall. Figure 2.11 Alison and Peter Smithson, Hunstanton School, 1954. From The New Brutalism, Banham, R., Architectural Press, p. 32. Figure 2.12 Alison and Peter Smithson, Hunstanton School, 1954. From The New Brutalism, Banham, R., Architectural Press, p. 34