A305/01: What Is Architecture? An Architect at Work

In the context of the exhibition The University Is Now on Air: Broadcasting Modern Architecture, the CCA presents twenty-four broadcasts from the course A305, History of Architecture and Design 1890-1939, by The Open University. To learn more about the project, visit www.cca.qc.ca/A305.
In the first broadcast, Dr. Geoffrey Baker uses the house he designed for himself, Fletcher’s Well near Newcastle upon Tyne, to explain some of the practical constraints an architect faces in the design of any building and to suggest the role played by aesthetic considerations. This discussion goes a long way to explain how contemporary architects think about architecture, and in what ways they have been influenced by the modern period we have chosen to study.
Written by Geoffrey Baker, directed by Edward Hayward, produced the BBC/Open University, aired 15 February 1975 on BBC2.

[@johncrwarner]

I remember as a teenager in Britain watching A305 on BBC2 on Saturday mornings / afternoons - thank you for sharing these programmes.

[@depaivafernando]

Muito bom , gosto de mais dos documentarios da bbc , sao melhores que as aulas da minha universidade

[@gacha-rc5fc]

How many years does this course belong to?

[@canadiancentreforarchitecture]

Hi! The module A305, History of Architecture and Design was offered via television and radio broadcasts between 1975 and 1982, and was written and produced by The Open University.