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What is Architecture? An Architect at Work
25 minutes
Black and white
Recommended audience age range 18-adult
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Have you ever imagined designing your own home? Architect Geoffrey Baker describes how he planned his house in Ponteland, a village near Newcastle-upon-Tyne, listing the various features he wanted to incorporate and showing the preliminary sketches he made, together with buildings that influenced his choice. He admits a particular debt to Le Corbusier and his 1924 houses for workers, based on a cube. We explore a scale model of the house and see how the particular site chosen for it influenced the design; and finally we tour the finished house, paying special attention to the materials and colors Baker used. By seeing how the mind of one particular architect works, we are offered an insight into the thinking of architects in general.
Credits -
Director
Edward Hayward
Presenter/Writer
Dr Geoffrey Baker
Open University/BBC
