Cinemas in Britain
- Synopsis
- Slides of an exhibition held at the RIBA Heinz Gallery 3 Feb-5 May 1996, which traced the development of cinema architecture in Britain. Arranged chronologically, the set first examines the earliest drawings of cinemas pre-World War 1 and the Regent in Brighton designed in 1919 by Robert Atkinson; the work of George Coles; the development of the Odeon chain with examples by Harry Weedon, George Colles and Andrew Mather; drawings by John Alexander and members of the Tecton partnership; and the model and drawings of Erno Goldfinger’s Odeon at Elephant and Castle.
- Series
- Royal Institute of British Architects, Exhibitions at the Riba Heinz Gallery, Series
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Multimedia; 99 slides. col.
- Year of production
- 1996
- Availability
- Sale; 1996 sale: £100.00 (+VAT +p&p)
- Documentation
- Accompanying list of contents.
- Subjects
- Architecture
- Keywords
- architectural design; cinema buildings; history of cinema
Production Company
- Name
World Microfilms
Distributor
- Name
World Microfilms
- Contact
- Stephen Albert
- microworld@ndirect.co.uk
- Web
- http://www.microworld.uk.com/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 020 7586 4499
- Fax
- 020 7722 1068
- Address
- PO Box 35488
St John’s Wood
London
NW8 6WD - Notes
- World Microfilms distributes the Audio Forum collection of CDs for language learning and the Sussex Tapes library of video and audio material for sixth form and undergraduate teaching. The Sussex Tapes collection concentrates on the areas of English, history and music. Architecture programmes from the Masters of Architecture and Pidgeon Digital (qv) series of slides are sold on DVD as well as being accessible online via subscription.
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