The university is now on air, broadcasting modern architecture
By: eight episodes by Joaquim Moreno ; in conversation with Tim Benton [and four others] ; with contributions by Nick Beech [and three others]
Contributors: Benton, Tim, 1945-; Beech, Nick; Centre canadien d'architecture
Publisher: Jap Sam Books; Canadian Centre for Architecture
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Heijningen; Montréal
Language: eng
Number of pages: 355
ISBN-13: 9789492852014
Subjects: Exhibitions; History; Architecture; Study and teaching; Mass media and education; Modern Architecture; Open University
Description: 'The university is now on air, broadcasting modern architecture' examines a key experiment by The Open University to mobilize new media environments for distance and adult education. Eight episodes written by Joaquim Moreno, conversations with Tim Benton, Nick Levinson, Adrian Forty, Joseph Rykwert and Stephen Bayley, and contributions by Nick Beech, Laura Carter, Ben Highmore, and Joseph Bedford, offer a close reading of the course A305, History of Architecture and Design 1890-1939, which was taught through television and radio broadcasts, aired on the BBC between 1975 and 1982. As current models for producing and transmitting knowledge are being brought into question, 'The university is now on air, broadcasting modern architecture' traces a radical attempt at rethinking the mandate of higher education through mass media. Exhibition: CCA Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal, Canada (15.11.2017-01.04.2018).
Notes: Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Canadian Centre for Architecture, November 15, 2017 - April 1, 2018.

Includes bibliographical references and index.