Title & Author:

Creative Conservation / [presented by] Trevor Dannatt (Dannatt Johnson).

Publication:

London, England : Pidgeon Digital, 1992.

Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (36 minutes)) : sound, color

Notes:
Dannatt Sketch -- Goteborg Town Hall -- Sackler Gallery, Church, Blackheath, London -- Sackler Gallery, Church, Blackheath, London. Plan -- Sackler Gallery, Church, Blackheath, London. View -- Vaughan College, Leicester University. Plan -- Vaughan College, Leicester University. Creative Conservation -- Avery Hill Campus, Greenwich University. Section -- Avery Hill Campus. Greenwich University. Library -- Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, Surrey. Victoria Gate Visitor Centre. Plan -- Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, Surrey. Victoria Gate Visitor Centre. Model -- Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, Surrey. Main Gate. Centre View -- Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, Surrey. Main Gate. Plan -- Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, Surrey. Main Gate. Aroid House -- Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, Surrey. Main Gate. Site Plan Model -- Royal Naval College Buildings, Greenwich. Aerial View -- Royal Naval College Buildings. Greenwich. Queen Anne Court. Plans -- Royal Naval College Buildings. Greenwich. Queen Anne Court. Interior Screens In Original Openings -- Dreadnought Building, Greenwich. Plan -- Dreadnought Building, Greenwich. Section -- Dreadnought Building, Greenwich. North Court Glazed Roof Seen From Section Floor. Glazed Link -- Dreadnought Building, Greenwich. Courtyard With Old Ablutions Block Now A Coffee Shop -- Dreadnought Building, Greenwich. Court.

Summary:

Trevor Dannatt was born and reared in Greenwich, in a local family steeped in architecture and building. He trained at the then Regent Street Polytechnic, where one of his tutors was Peter Moro who remained a life-long colleague. He joined him in 1948 to work on the Royal Festival Hall in London, under Leslie Martin. In 1952 he started his own practice with Colin Dollimore. He has since fathered many university buildings, housing, schools, etc. in Britain; though his best known work in the 1960s was the conference centre, hotel and mosque in Riyadh, won in competition. However, in his talk he is mainly concerned with the conservation and change of use of buildings which are national monuments, notably the Royal Naval College at Greenwich. He is a dedicated professional who strives he says, "for an organic entity which is the essential basis of architecture". He is consistent in his control of form, detail, materials and relation to environment.

Subject:

Architectural design Great Britain.
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Design architectural Grande-Bretagne.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Architectural design.
Architecture, Modern.
Great Britain.

Added entries:

Dannatt, Trevor, 1920- narrator.