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The nowdemolished council estate Robin Hood Gardens often occupies opposing positions within the architectural imagination Was Alison and Peter Smithsons 1972 brutalist contribution to the London cityscape a misunderstood masterpiece or a wellintentioned failure Fifty years on filmmakers Thomas Beyer and Adrian Dorschner capture the building in all its glory right before the wrecking ball brings an end to the Smithsons magnum opus While the controversial East London council estate is honoured at the Venice Biennale the film revisits the buildings critics champions and the inhabitants themselves to determine the true legacy of this concrete utopia Robin Hood Gardens is dead Long live Robin Hood Gardens
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