Building Stories
By Nicole Lotz
Meet the architects and explore the stories behind some of Britain's most iconic buildings.
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30 Jan 2018
Culture can be brutal, just ask Milton Keynes
Liz McFall and Darren Umney consider Milton Keynes' history and cultural heritage and argue that the city's ...
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07 Dec 2017
The Brits Who Built The Modern World
Join us for the series that tells the story of how an exceptional generation of British architects conquered the globe with their...
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19 Jul 2017
Brits Who Built The Modern World: A video collection
Collected extracts from the BBC/OU series exploring the titans of British architecture
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03 May 2017
Park Hill Estate
By The From Here To Modernity team
Park Hill achieved the dream of streets in the sky - just as the dream was souring.
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18 Aug 2016
OpenLearn Live: 12th August 2016
Rio looks to tomorrow; Canada tries to save its desert. Free learning from across the day.
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12 Aug 2016
OpenLearn Live: 5th August 2016
The building that set the tone for Las Vegas. Then more free learning across the day.
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05 Aug 2016
Design for urban living: how we live and how we might live
In the UK there is a rush to build more homes. Is there a different way of making the houses we want to live in,...
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24 Mar 2016
At Home in Britain
Details of a new exhibition called At Home in Britain: Designing the House of Tomorrow, and links to articles,...
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18 Mar 2016
OpenLearn Live: 18th March 2016
Man against horse, and how nanotechnology might help prevent AIDs. Free learning from across the day.
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Updated on:
18 Mar 2016
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An introduction to web applications architecture
This free course, An introduction to web applications architecture, provides an overview of the design and implementation of computer software that...
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Level: 2 Intermediate
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03 May 2018
Dutch painting of the Golden Age
Seventeenth-century Dutch painting stands out from other art of the same period and even more so from that of previous centuries on account of its...
Level: 2 Intermediate
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20 Mar 2018
Art and visual culture: Medieval to modern
What is art? What is visual culture? How have they changed through history? This free course, Art and visual culture: Medieval to modern, explores...
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06 Jan 2016
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