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The film, in two parts, provides an introduction to the construction of an early Edwardian terraced house and also examines some of the defects present in the house 100 years later. It explains how the house...
A six-part series of 30-minute programmes in which steeplejack Fred Dibnah uncovers the craftsmanship behind some of the United Kingdom’s most astounding architectural feats. Each of the three tapes...
This film provides a brief introduction to the evolution of UK housing over the last three hundred years. It replaces an earlier film ‘A Brief History of Housing’, which has now been discontinued. Using...
Examines how the buildings around us can tell stories about their history and also provide artistic inspiration. Shows students and tutors from the University of Liverpool’s Centre for Continuing Education...
Discusses the construction and design of Gothic Medieval Cathedrals. Most of our Cathedrals and Abbey Churches were built during the Middle Ages. In the years following the Norman Conquest a huge rebuilding...
Follows the conservation and repair of a Grade II Listed Regency town house. While focussing on a range of craft techniques, it also explores some of the principles and legislative framework which affect the...
For centuries lime has been the fundamental ingredient of building mortars, plasters and renders. In the 20th Century it was largely replaced by cement and gypsum. However, an understanding of the chemistry...
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...
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...
Examines the full range of styles and periods of English architecture, progressing through religious and secular strands. Shows Saxon, Norman, Gothic, Renaissance, Georgian, Regency, Victorian Gothic and...
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