{"product_id":"the-modernist-x-bdp-london-present-the-bdp-talk-series-1-4-bob-pang-hong-kong-brutalism-24-6-26-copy-1","title":"the modernist x BDP London present  - The BDP Talk Series. 1.5 - Elizabeth Darling : Modernist Architects at BBC Broadcasting House 23\/7\/26","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThursday 23rd July\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6.15PM FOR A 6.30PM START \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBDP London \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/BDP\/@51.524032,-0.1024711,18z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x48761b50c0e77cab:0x40ab98bdb0d16ad7!8m2!3d51.5240303!4d-0.1011836!16s%2Fg%2F1tdrwt8v?entry=ttu\u0026amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDIxMS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e16 Brewhouse Yard\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/BDP\/@51.524032,-0.1024711,18z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x48761b50c0e77cab:0x40ab98bdb0d16ad7!8m2!3d51.5240303!4d-0.1011836!16s%2Fg%2F1tdrwt8v?entry=ttu\u0026amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDIxMS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eClerkenwell\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/BDP\/@51.524032,-0.1024711,18z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x48761b50c0e77cab:0x40ab98bdb0d16ad7!8m2!3d51.5240303!4d-0.1011836!16s%2Fg%2F1tdrwt8v?entry=ttu\u0026amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDIxMS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLondon EC1V 4LJ\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaking the Immaterial Material: Modernist Architects at BBC Broadcasting House by Elizabeth Darling \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eIn May 1932 the BBC’s new headquarters building, Broadcasting House, was completed. Its exterior, designed by in a severe modern classical style by Val Myer and F.J.Watson Hart, signalled the necessary gravitas of a modern corporation charged with broadcasting to nation and empire. Its interior, in contrast, housed 19 studios designed by the emerging leaders of Britain’s modernist movement: Serge Chermayeff, Wells Coates and Raymond McGrath. In this talk, Elizabeth Darling will take us on a tour of their studios, showing how, by using the most up-to-date materials, they created an ‘inventive modernism’ that expressed the modernity of the new technology of broadcasting. This architecture of the ether, described as ‘alive, brave and new’, was the first public commission for modernist architects in Britain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth Darling\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e is a leading architectural historian, and specialises in histories of modernist cultures in Britain, especially in the 1920s and 1930s. Among her extensive range of publications are articles on the modernist salon Finella, the housing activist Elizabeth Denby and the Pioneer Health centre, and the books\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e Re-forming Britain \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e(Routledge, 2007)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e and Wells Coates \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e(RIBA, 2012). June 2026 sees the publication of her new book, \u003ci\u003ePalace of the Ether: Broadcasting House and the Architecture of the BBC\u003c\/i\u003e (Lund Humphries).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eCopies of Elizabeth's new book Palace of the Ether will be available to buy on the night.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThank you to BDP for supporting this event.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg style=\"margin-bottom: 16px; float: none;\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0554\/6829\/4349\/files\/A312-50-World-Famous-Architectural-Logo-BDP_160x160.jpg?v=1677601365\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003e**NB we do not send out tickets for these events - your name will be added to an attendee list. 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