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

Email

microworld@ndirect.co.uk

Web

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Phone

020 7586 4499

Fax

020 7722 1068

Address

PO Box 35488
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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.