Reyner Banham & The Architecture of LA: City of Fantasies | HENI Talks
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- Опубліковано 18 лис 2024
- In the late 1960s, revered journalist Adam Raphael described Los Angeles as a ‘stinking sewer’. The southern California metropolis was perceived to have no culture and little architecture of merit. But for English architectural critic Reyner Banham, Los Angeles was a city of fantasies. In the landmark BBC documentary Reyner Banham Loves Los Angeles (1972), he mounts a case for Los Angeles as a ‘super city of the future’ as he tours the progressive Case Study Houses project, which commissioned major architects of the day to create inexpensive and efficient model homes. Banham argued that these modernist buildings ‘showed the world that machine-age materials like glass and steel could be beautiful, even pretty, and make a proper setting for beautiful objects.’
In this HENI Talk, Professor Richard Williams discusses how Reyner Banham transformed the world’s understanding of Los Angeles, and revisits some of the district’s iconic houses by architectural greats such as Frank Lloyd Wright, Charles and Ray Eames, Richard Neutra, Pierre Koenig and John Lautner.
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These are such amazing quality! I would love to see the entire film in this quality :)
Fabulous. It's all perspective. Through the eyes that tell it!
this is just beautiful
Thanks for this. I'd like to see the entire 1972 documentary in the meantime I'll make do with the clips and a copy of Banham's book on the city. He's also mentioned in 'City of Quartz' by Mike Davis
We were really lucky to feature some hi res clips of the 1972 documentary as part of our film, glad to hear you enjoyed it!
Did you know Banham also wrote on Brutalism? Learn more about the style with our short film: ua-cam.com/video/_HlvFEZdg9I/v-deo.html
Also, our brilliant speaker Prof. Richard J. Williams is currently finishing a book on Banham, including interviews with those who were close to him. Keep your eyes peeled!
The full documenary is available on youtube
@@HENITalks Where did you get the hi-res clips from? All copies online look overexposed. Would be great to see it in the quality you have here!
This is amazing