Main entry:

Baker, Geoffrey H. (Geoffrey Howard), instructor, screenwriter, speaker.

Title & Author:

Open University, Architecture & design. A305/20, Moderne and modernistic / presented by Geoffrey Baker ; with the voice of Alexander John.

Publication:

[Milton Keynes] : Open University ; [London] : BBC TV, [1975]
©1974

Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (24 min., 40 sec.)) : sound, black and white

Notes:
Originally aired on BBC2 as an episode of Architecture & design, in September 13, 1975.
Lecture.
Produced by BBC/Open University; production, Nick Levinson; written by Geoffrey Baker.
Speaker: Geoffrey Baker.
In English.
Presented in the context of the exhibition The University is now on air : broadcasting modern architecture, held at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, November 15, 2017-April 1, 2018.

Summary:

Looking back at British architecture in the 1930s, there were a significant number of buildings which looked modern to the lay man, although purist advocates of modern architecture scorned them as dangerous aberrations, calling them "Moderne" or "Modernistic." In television broadcast 20, Geoffrey Baker considers some of the ingredients of the "Moderne" idiom, with examples drawn mainly from commercial architecture (including Wallis, Gilbert and Partners' Firestone and Hoover factories) and seaside architecture (Joseph Emberton's Blackpool Pleasure Beach buildings and Oliver Hill's housing at Frinton-on-Sea).

Subject:

Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Commercial buildings England History 20th century.
Architecture England History 20th century.
Seaside architecture England History 20th century.
Architecture, Modern.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Immeubles commerciaux Angleterre Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture Angleterre Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture littorale Angleterre Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture.
Commercial buildings.
Seaside architecture.
England.

Form/genre:

Lectures.
Video recordings (physical artifacts)
Streaming video.
History.

Added entries:

John, Alexander (Voice actor) voice actor.
Levinson, Nick television producer.
Open University, producer.
British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service, producer, broadcaster.
Centre canadien d'architecture, host institution.
Centre canadien d'architecture. CCAchannel.
Open University producer.
British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service producer, broadcaster.
Centre canadien d'architecture host institution.

Open University, Architecture and design. A305/20, Moderne and modernistic
Moderne and modernistic
Architecture & design : a third level arts course : Moderne and modernistic
A305/20 : Moderne and modernistic

Holdings:

Location: Library internet resource 304314
Call No.: 304314
Status: Available