Architecture & design : a third level arts course : mechanical services in the cinema / presented by Stephen Bayley.

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Main entry:

Bayley, Stephen instructor, screenwriter, speaker.

Title & Author:

Architecture & design : a third level arts course : mechanical services in the cinema / presented by Stephen Bayley.

Publication:

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

Description:

1 streaming video file (24 min., 38 sec.) : sound, black and white

Notes:
Originally aired on BBC2 as an episode of Architecture & design, in September 27, 1975.
Lecture.
Produced by BBC/Open University; production, Nick Levinson; written by Stephen Bayley.
Speaker: Stephen Bayley.
In English.

Summary:

In television broadcast 22, Stephen Bayley takes the cinema as the paradigm of mechanical servicing in architecture. One particular cinema is singled out for detailed analysis: the Astoria, in Finsbury Park, London. The role of the heating and electrical plant is described in detail, which, in conjunction with the bizarre decoration, produced an emotional and physical atmosphere which was for many people their first taste of the convenience and benefits which modern architecture could bring.

Subject:

Motion picture theaters.
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Architecture, Modern.
Architecture 20e siècle.

Form/genre:

Lectures.
Video recordings (physical artifacts)
Streaming video.

Added entries:

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.

Architecture and design : a third level arts course : mechanical services in the cinema
Mechanical services in the cinema
A305/22 : mechanical services in the cinema

Holdings:

Location: Library internet resource 304317
Call No.: 304317
Status: Available

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