Team 10also known as Team X and Team Tenwas an international group of young and strident architects that emerged from the Congrès International dArchitecture Moderne (CIAM) and existed from 1953 to 1981. The group criticised the dogmatism of Le Corbusier and other proponents of classical modernism. Its most notable members included Alison and Peter Smithson (Britain), Georges Candilis and Shadrach Woods (USA), Jacob Bakema and Aldo van Eyck (Netherlands), Giancarlo De Carlo (Italy), and Stefan Wewerka (Germany).
In this book, architectural historian Pedro Baía examines the influence of Team 10 on Portugals architectural culture. At the time, the country was largely cut off from Europes architecture hotspots. Using projects, completed buildings, images, texts, and statements by members of Team X, he illustrates how the groups ideas and work were interpreted, disseminated, and appropriated in the critical discourse of the Portuguese architectural scene.
