ÉmigrÉ Architects in Britain 1928-58

Synopsis

In the three decades from 1928 several dozen architected emigrated to Britan from the Continent, among them Marcel Breuer, Walter Gropius, Erich Mendelsohn, Erno Goldfinger, Berthold Lubetkin, Eugene Kaufmann, Arthur Korn and Fritz Landauer. A RIBA exhibition surveys their work from student days and early years in Britain through to the period of post-war construction. It also includes furniture designs by architects including Breuer, Ernst Freud and Goldfinger and refers to the work of architecctural historian Nikolaus Pevsner.

Series

Royal Institute of British Architects, Exhibitions at the Riba Heinz Gallery, Series

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Multimedia; 120 slides. col.

Year of production

1996

Availability

Sale; 1996 sale: £115.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Subjects

Architecture

Keywords

architectural design; furniture design; history of architecture

Production Company

Name

World Microfilms

Distributor

Name

World Microfilms

Contact

Stephen Albert

Email

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.