Present Situation, The: Doubts and Reassessment
- Synopsis
- Looks at urban growth and the influence of designs by Le Corbusier, Walter Gropius and Mies Van der Rohe. Philip Johnson comments on American architecture and James Stirling describes post-war town planning in Britain.
There are shots of department stores in the United States which have been designed primarily to entertain; Philip Johnson’s AT & T building in New York; Michael Graves juke-box design in Portland, Oregon. Discusses Arata Isozaki’s work in Japan, James Stirling’s museum in Stuttgart and buildings by Hans Holein in Berlin and Luxembourg. - Series
- Architecture at the Crossroads, Series
- Language
- English
- Country
- Germany
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 40 min.
- Year of production
- 1986
- Availability
- Sale
- Uses
- Architecture students at all levels*.
- Subjects
- Architecture
- Keywords
- architecture - American; buildings; town & regional planning
Credits
- Producer
- Peter Adam
- Writer
- Peter Adam
- Contributor
- Andrew Sachs
Production Company
- Name
BBC Television
Distributor
- Name
BBC Active Video for Learning - now BBC Learning
- Contact
- Carolina Fernandez Jeremy Wilcox (CF - for educational enquiries JW - channel sales manager)
- BBCStudiosLearning@bbc.com
- Web
- https://www.bbcstudioslearning.com/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- +44 (0) 20 8433 1009
- Address
- BBC Studios Limited
Television Centre
101 Wood Lane
London
W12 7FA
UK - Notes
- The BBC Active company has now been absorbed within BBC Learning, a division of BBC Studios. It was originally a joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Pearson Education. Formerly known as ‘BBC Worldwide Learning Studies’ and before that as ‘Videos for Education & Training’
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