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Age of anxiety BBC

By Dr Stephanie Forward (The Open University)

17 August 2010

The OU's Dr Stephenie Forward looks at 20th century literature from 1946 to 1969 as In Their Own Words: British Novelists explores the 'age of... Read more : Age of anxiety

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By Dr Peter Lawson (The Open University)

09 August 2010

Dr Peter Lawson explores modernism in preparation for the first episode of In Their Own Words: British Novelists which will cover the ruins of war Read more : The brave new world of modernism

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OU on the BBC: From Here to ModernityProduction team - from interactive

By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

19 April 2007

A movement; a way of life; an architectural style Read more : OU on the BBC: From Here to Modernity

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Deco - a style?Used with permission

By Professor Tim Benton (The Open University)

02 June 2006

Tim Benton, explains art deco, which, he says, lurks below the surface of all the arts in the 1920s and 1930s, like original sin. "It... Read more : Deco - a style?

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By The From Here To Modernity team (The Open University)

26 November 2001

Keeling House was an attempt to put right some of the more obvious flaws in the Modernist approach. Read more : Keeling House

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By The From Here To Modernity team (The Open University)

26 November 2001

"Nothing is too good for the working classes" - hence the luxurious design of Finsbury Health Centre. Read more : Finsbury Health Centre

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By The From Here To Modernity team (The Open University)

26 November 2001

The Canary Wharf development got off to a wobbly start, but has now become iconic. Read more : Canary Wharf

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By The OpenLearn team (The Open University)

26 November 2001

A brief history of Brutalism in modern architecture Read more : Brutalism

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Sir Norman (Lord) FosterUsed with permission

By The From Here To Modernity team (The Open University)

26 November 2001

Norman Foster approached design with a belief that workplaces could be better. Read more : Sir Norman (Lord) Foster

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Le CorbusierUsed with permission

By Dominic Gallagher (Guest)

26 November 2001

The man who believed that a house was a machine for living in - and set about making that work. Read more : Le Corbusier

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Pages tagged as Modernism

Age of anxiety BBC

The brave new world of modernism Creative Commons Image By annethelibrarian via Flickr under Creative Commons licence

OU on the BBC: From Here to ModernityProduction team - from interactive

Deco - a style?Used with permission

Keeling HouseCreative Commons Image yellow book under CC-BY licence

Finsbury Health Centrejosephy beuys hat under CC-BY-NC-ND licence

Canary Wharf Creative Commons Image Rodolfo França under CC-BY-NC licence

BrutalismCreative Commons Image Ben.Harper under CC-BY-NC-SA licence

Sir Norman (Lord) FosterUsed with permission

Le CorbusierUsed with permission