Living with Modernism
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Living with Modernism is a television documentary series first broadcast on BBC Four
in 2006. It is a companion series to Marvels of the Modern Age
on BBC Two
, and was followed by a sister series Living with the Future
in 2007. In each of six episodes, presenter Simon Davis visits a private family house designed by an architect associated with the modern movement
.
BBC Four
BBC Four is a British television network operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation and available to digital television viewers on Freeview, IPTV, satellite and cable....
in 2006. It is a companion series to Marvels of the Modern Age
Marvels of the Modern Age
Dan Cruickshank's Marvels of the Modern Age is a BBC documentary series in which Dan Cruickshank traces the roots of Modernism and focuses on the movement's leading lights, such as Le Corbusier and Frank Lloyd Wright, and the century's most seismic political events including the rise of Nazi...
on BBC Two
BBC Two
BBC Two is the second television channel operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It covers a wide range of subject matter, but tending towards more 'highbrow' programmes than the more mainstream and popular BBC One. Like the BBC's other domestic TV and radio...
, and was followed by a sister series Living with the Future
Living with the Future
Living with the Future is a television documentary series first broadcast on 15 January 2007 on BBC Four. It is a follow-up series to Living with Modernism, also on BBC Four....
in 2007. In each of six episodes, presenter Simon Davis visits a private family house designed by an architect associated with the modern movement
Modernism
Modernism, in its broadest definition, is modern thought, character, or practice. More specifically, the term describes the modernist movement, its set of cultural tendencies and array of associated cultural movements, originally arising from wide-scale and far-reaching changes to Western society...
.
Episode list
- 29a Loom Lane, RadlettRadlettRadlett is a small town in the county of Hertfordshire between St Albans and Borehamwood on Watling Street with a population of approximately 8,000. It is located in the council district of Hertsmere and is covered by two wards, Aldenham East and Aldenham West...
, HertfordshireHertfordshireHertfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England. The county town is Hertford.The county is one of the Home Counties and lies inland, bordered by Greater London , Buckinghamshire , Bedfordshire , Cambridgeshire and...
(architect: George Marsh) - The Firs, HampsteadHampsteadHampstead is an area of London, England, north-west of Charing Cross. Part of the London Borough of Camden in Inner London, it is known for its intellectual, liberal, artistic, musical and literary associations and for Hampstead Heath, a large, hilly expanse of parkland...
(architect: Patrick GwynnePatrick GwynnePatrick Gwynne was a British modernist architect with Welsh roots, best known for designing and building The Homewood, which he left to the National Trust in 2003.-Early life and work:...
) - Brackenfell, CumbriaCumbriaCumbria , is a non-metropolitan county in North West England. The county and Cumbria County Council, its local authority, came into existence in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972. Cumbria's largest settlement and county town is Carlisle. It consists of six districts, and in...
(architects: Leslie MartinLeslie MartinSir John Leslie Martin KBE was an English Architect. A leading advocate of the International Style....
and Sadie Spaight) - 16, Kevock Road, Lasswade, EdinburghEdinburghEdinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...
(architects: James Morris and Robert SteedmanMorris and SteedmanMorris and Steedman was an architecture firm based in Edinburgh, Scotland. The firm was founded by James Shepherd Morris and Robert Russell Steedman in the 1950s...
) - "Stillness", BromleyBromleyBromley is a large suburban town in south east London, England and the administrative headquarters of the London Borough of Bromley. It was historically a market town, and prior to 1963 was in the county of Kent and formed the administrative centre of the Municipal Borough of Bromley...
, Kent (architect: Gilbert Booth, 1934) - Capel Manor HouseCapel Manor HouseCapel Manor House in Kent is a simple glass and steel 70s house, in the style of Mies van der Rohe, is seen as one of the most important examples of 70s architecture in Britain....
, Kent (architect: Michael Manser, 1971)