Texas: Instant Cities

Synopsis: Available cheap land, no zoning laws, unlimited wealth and an expansionist attitude makes Texas a unique place for architectural experiment. In the ‘pop-up’ cities of Dallas and Houston new concepts and new values are overturning traditional perceptions of town and city planning. Shows how designs in Houston such as the Penzoit Building, the Post Oak Central and the Lincoln Post Oak Hotel broke new ground. Shows fantasy houses in the suburbs of Dallas.
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: Texas; town & regional planning

Name: BBC Active Video for Learning - now BBC Learning
Contact: Carolina Fernandez Jeremy Wilcox (CF - for educational enquiries JW - channel sales manager)
Email: 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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