Gordon Benson: Genesis of a Museum
- Synopsis
- Architect Gordon Benson of Benson Forsyth talks about designing a museum for Edinburgh which reflects the city’s geology, topography, history, development and characteristics; has the genetic structure of the city of which it is a part, as well as the genes of what it is itself; to house the country’s historical collections of artefacts in such a way as to reflect their place of origin, period and category.
- Series
- Pidgeon Audio-Visual Library, Series
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Multimedia; Audiocassette. 40 min. 24 slides. col.
- Year of production
- 2000
- Availability
- Sale; 2000 sale: £50.00 (+VAT inc. p&p)
- Subjects
- Architecture
- Keywords
- architectural design; Edinburgh; museums; Scotland
Credits
- Writer
- Gordon Benson
- Cast
Gordon Benson
Production Company
- Name
Pidgeon Audio Visual
- Notes
- see World Microfilms and Pidgeon Digital
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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