High Gothic to Hi-Tech: A Short History of British Architecture
- Synopsis
- The architecture of our towns and cities can, at first sight, seem a bewildering jigsaw puzzle of different styles from different ages. This film explains the evolution and development of British architecture over the last 500 years. From the medieval cathedral to today’s ‘hi-tech’, each period of British architecture is explored. Social, cultural and technical changes that were the engines of progress are placed in their proper context to provide a concise introduction to the modern urban landscape.
- Series
- Building History and Conservation, Series
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Year of release
- 1997
- Year of production
- 1997
- Notes
- A DVD version will be made available shortly.
- Uses
- Students of the built environment.
- Subjects
- Architecture
- Keywords
- Gothic style; history of architecture; modern architecture; town planning
Online availability
- URI
- http://environment.uwe.ac.uk/video/wmv.html
- Price
- £275.00 + VAT (series of 15)
Distribution Formats
- Type
- VHS
- Format
- PAL
- Price
- £65.00
- Availability
- Sale
- Duration/Size
- 27 minutes
- Year
- 2005
Sponsor
Distributor
- Name
University of the West of England, The Video Project
- Contact
- Duncan Marshall or Steve Brown
- Steve.Brown@uwe.ac.uk
- Web
- http://environment.uwe.ac.uk/video/index.htm External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 0117 328 3008
- Address
- Faculty of Environment & Technology
Coldharbour Lane
Frenchay Campus
Bristol
BS16 1QY - Notes
- A continuing series of video productions on domestic building construction and another on building history and conservation. Sale on DVD or as Windows Media, Quicktime or Flash files.
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