A Constructive Point of View / [presented by] Leslie Martin.

Format:

Sound recording

Contributor:

Martin, Leslie, 1908-2000, narrator.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Architecture, Modern--20th century.

Architecture, Modern.

Architectural design.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (27 minutes)): sound, color

Place of Publication:

London, England: Pidgeon Digital, 1988.

Summary:

The late Sir Leslie Martin started his architectural practice in 1933. In 1937 he collaborated with the painter Ben Nicholson and the sculptor Naum Gabo to produce Circles, an international review placing the work of sculptures, painters and architects side by side in an attempt to illustrate a constructive attitude in the art of that time. From 1948 - 1953 he was Deputy Architect to the London County Council, working on the Royal Festival Hall, and from 1953 - 1956 was Architect to the Council. From 1956 - 1972 he was Professor of Architecture in Cambridge. He received a Knighthood in 1957, was a Royal Gold Medallist and has a number of honorary degrees and awards and is the author of numerous publications. He continued his practice until 1987. In a talk recorded at his home near Cambridge, he describes three recent and very different projects. The first for the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow involves highly complex and differing requirements. In the second, also for Glasgow, a large concert hall and associated buildings proved the opportunity to regenerate a derelict area of the city. The third, the Gallery of Modern Art for the Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon, is a building in a landscape. All have their roots in specific tasks. These are understood and solved by the imaginative organisation and control of form. These limited examples illustrate a way of thinking about architecture. But when this point of view is extended by others into the wide range of architecture that is being produced, we can begin to see the process of creating out of our present problems an architecture of and for our own time.

Contents:

Leslie Martin

Royal Scottish Academy Of Music & Drama, Glasgow, 1987. The Original Model

Royal Scottish Academy Of Music & Drama, Glasgow, 1987. Axonometric. The Auditoria Separated By The Rehearsal Room

Royal Scottish Academy Of Music & Drama, Glasgow, 1987. Axonometric Of The Whole Academy

Royal Scottish Academy Of Music & Drama, Glasgow, 1987. Axonometric Plan At First Floor Level

Royal Scottish Academy Of Music & Drama, Glasgow, 1987. The Theatre Seen From The Stage

Royal Scottish Academy Of Music & Drama, Glasgow, 1987. The Concert Hall

Royal Scottish Academy Of Music & Drama, Glasgow, 1987. The Renfrew Street Frontage

Concert Halls & Civic Halls & Commercial Development, Glasgow. Model From Above

Concert Halls & Civic Halls & Commercial Development, Glasgow. Model Of Auditorium

Concert Halls & Civic Halls & Commercial Development, Glasgow. Axonometric Showing Accommodation

Concert Halls & Civic Halls & Commercial Development, Glasgow. Model From The North

Concert Halls & Civic Halls & Commercial Development, Glasgow. Future Possible Development. Drawing

Concert Halls & Civic Halls & Commercial Development, Glasgow. Future Possible Development. Model

Gulbenkian Gallery Of Modern Art, Lisbon, 1984. Site Plan

Gulbenkian Gallery Of Modern Art, Lisbon, 1984. Model

Gulbenkian Gallery Of Modern Art, Lisbon, 1984. Stepped Roof To Gallery

Gulbenkian Gallery Of Modern Art, Lisbon, 1984. Interior Views Of Gallery

Gulbenkian Gallery Of Modern Art, Lisbon, 1984. Stepped Roof Levels.

Notes:

Title from publisher's website (viewed April 28, 2021).

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.