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  1. Architect and the Old Village, The (2006)

    Director
    Catarine Alves Costa
    Subject
    Anthropology; Architecture; Development studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1, 70 minutes), $195.00

    Álvaro Siza Vieira, a famous visionary Portuguese architect, is called to coordinate the rehabilitation of the monuments and architectonic heritage of Cidade Velha (Old Village) in Santiago, one of the...

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  2. Dulwich Picture Gallery (2005)

    Subject
    Architecture; Art
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 50 minutes), £21.99

    Dulwich Picture Gallery is England’s first purpose-built public art gallery. Designed by Sir John Soane, the influential building holds one of the world’s finest Old Master collections including great...

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  3. Fred Dibnah’s Building of Britain (2004)

    Subject
    Architecture; Civil Engineering & Building
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 3 x 60 minutes), £10.99 each or £29.99 boxed set of 3

    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...

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  4. Timber Frame Repairs (2004)

    Subject
    Architecture; Civil Engineering & Building
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 30 minutes), £65.00

    This film on timber framing complements an earlier film which concentrated on the evolution, design and construction of traditional timber framed buildings. This film concentrates on their failure, repair...

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  5. Foundations (2004)

    Subject
    Civil Engineering & Building
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 29 minutes), £65.00

    This revised film on Foundations replaces an earlier film (1995) and contains new graphics, new site footage and more comprehensive coverage. It explains the principles and practice of domestic foundations...

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  6. Gothic: Art for England 1400-1547 (2003)

    aka: Glory of Gothic, The

    Subject
    Architecture; Art; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 50 minutes), £19.99

    An introduction to the art of late medieval England and the early years of the Renaissance. This is the age of the Hundred Years’ War, the Wars of the Roses and the early Tudors. Under kings from Henry IV...

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  7. Modern Homes: The Domestic Interior in 1950s Britain (2003)

    Subject
    Architecture; Design; History
    Distribution
    Slide (Slide Set, 24), £30.00

    This slide set outlines some of the key changes that took place in the nature of interior design and domestic furnishings in Britain in the 1950s, and the attempts made by the Council of Industrial Design...

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  8. Roof Structure (2002)

    Director
    Keith Jacques; Duncan Marshall
    Producer
    Keith Jacques; Duncan Marshall
    Subject
    Civil Engineering & Building
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 30 minutes), £65.00

    Describes and compares the construction of new and old roofs. The first concentrates on the components in a simple traditional roof and subsequently explains more complex structures using trusses and...

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  9. 300 Years of Housing (2002)

    Subject
    Architecture; Civil Engineering & Building
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 30 minutes), £65.00

    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...

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  10. Britain from the Air (2 Vols) (2001 Video)

    aka: Flying Through History

    Subject
    Architecture; History
    Distribution
    Sale, 2 videocassettes. VHS. col. 168 min., 2001 sale: £14.99 (inclusive) - boxed set

    A series of six programmes, filmed entirely from helicopter, showing key sites and how the landscape of Britain has evolved over 2000 years. Each of the six units covers a key period.

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