Dan Cruickshank

Professor Dan Cruickshank (born 1949) is an architectural historian and television presenter, currently working for the BBC, and lives in Spitalfields, London. Image File history File linksMetadata DanCruickshank. ... Image File history File linksMetadata DanCruickshank. ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... The Parthenon on top of the Acropolis, Athens, Greece Architecture (from Latin, architectura and ultimately from Greek, αρχιτεκτων, a master builder, from αρχι- chief, leader and τεκτων, builder, carpenter) is the art and science of designing buildings and structures. ... For other senses of this word, see history (disambiguation). ... The British Broadcasting Corporation, invariably known as the BBC (and also informally known as the Beeb or Auntie) is the largest public broadcasting corporation in the world. ... Christ Church, Spitalfields Spitalfields, an area in Tower Hamlets, east London near to Liverpool Street station and Brick Lane which gets its name from a contraction of hospital fields, as there used to be a major hospital in the area. ... London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and of the United Kingdom. ...

He has written several books about the architecture of London, particularly on its Georgian architecture, and wrote an authoritative history of the Royal Hospital Chelsea. London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and of the United Kingdom. ... A Georgian house in Salisbury Georgian architecture at Royal Crescent, Bath, seen from a hot air balloon. ... Figure Court of Royal Hospital Chelsea The Royal Hospital Chelsea is a retirement home and nursing home for British soldiers who are unfit for further duty due to injury or old age, located in the Chelsea region of central London. ...

He is an Honorary Fellow of Royal Institute of British Architects with a BA in Art, Design and Architecture. For three years he was also a visiting professor in the Department of Architecture at the University of Sheffield. The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is a professional body for architects in the United Kingdom. ... The University of Sheffield is a leading university, located in Sheffield, UK. // History The University of Sheffield was originally formed by the merger of three colleges. ...

He is a leading expert on architecture and historic buildings, and a frequent contributor to The Architects' Journal and The Architectural Review.

He is an active member of the Georgian Group and a member of the Architectural Panel of the National Trust.

His television credentials include;

• Contributions to the BBC's architecture and nostalgia programme One Foot in the Past, notably about the fate of the Euston Arch and Skylon;
• Invasion, a series examining attempts to invade the British Isles over the years, examining coastal fortresses and defensive structures around the coast of the country, to discover its military heritage;
• Britain's Best Buildings, a series examining architecturally- or culturally-significant buildings in Great Britain;
• Under Fire, a series of programmes visiting museums and buildings in Afghanistan, Iraq and Israel, to see how recent warfare has affected the country's historic artefacts (he also co-authored with David Vincent the book of the series, published by BBC Books in October 2003;
• What The Industrial Revolution Did For Us, a series focusing on the scientific, technological and political changes of the 19th century;
• Around the World in 80 Treasures, charting Cruickshank's five-month trip around the world to visit eighty man-made artefacts or buildings that he has selected, in order to chart the history of mankind's civilisation. A BBC television series and book, first broadcast in 2005.
• The Lost World of Friese-Greene, about Claude Friese-Greene's 1920s road trip from Land's End to John o' Groats, which he filmed using the biolcolour process. A BBC television series first broadcast in 2006.

In 2003, he presented a documentary entitled Towering Ambitions: Dan Cruickshank at Ground Zero following the debate and discussion that led to the selection of Daniel Libeskind's design for the World Trade Center site in New York City. The Euston Arch was the original entrance to Euston station in central London. ... The Skylon Spaceplane For other uses of the word Skylon, see Skylon (disambiguation) Skylon is a plausible design by top British rocket scientist Alan Bond for an aeroplane that would be able to fly into low earth orbit, and return, completely intact. ... Invasion was a 3-part documentary made by the BBC in 2001. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into British and Irish Isles. ... Fortifications (Latin fortis, strong, and facere, to make) are military constructions designed for defensive warfare. ... In military science, defense (or defence) is the art of preventing an enemy from conquering territory. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... Around the World in 80 Treasures is a 10 episode series by the BBC and presented by Dan Cruickshank originally aired in February, March, and April 2005. ... Cities are a major hallmark of human civilization. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Claude Friese-Greene (1898 – 1943), British-born cinema technician and filmmaker, and notably most famous for his 1926 collection of films entitled The Open Road. ... Lands End to John o Groats is a phrase indicating the traversal of the whole of the Isle of Britain, (like the phrase from sea to sea, or coast to coast) Lands End is the extreme westward point of England, at the end of the Penwith peninsula (Cornwall). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The aluminium clad east face of the Imperial War Museum North in Manchester. ... The World Trade Center site destruction, 2001 in 2006 The World Trade Center site is the 16-acre (6. ... Nickname: Big Apple Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ...

In 2005, he presented a documentary on the Mitchell and Kenyon collection - a set of rolls of nitrate film taken in the early 20th century, depicting everyday life in Britain, which were discovered in 1994 in Blackburn. 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Mitchell and Kenyon film company was a pioneer of early commercial movies based in Blackburn in Lancashire, England at the start of the 20th century. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... This article is about Blackburn in Lancashire, Great Britain. ...

In 2006, he presented "Dan Cruickshank's Marvels of the Modern Age". A series focussing on modernism in design and its roots, from Ancient Greece, through Roman Architecture, to Bauhaus, to 21st century day design. 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Modernism is a term which covers a variety of political, cultural and artistic movements rooted in the changes in Western society at the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century. ... Design, usually considered in the context of the applied arts, engineering, architecture, and other such creative endeavours, is used as both a noun and a verb. ... Ancient Greece is the period in Greek history which lasted for around one thousand years and ended with the rise of Christianity. ... The Romans adopted the external language of classical Greek architecture for their own purposes, which were so different from Greek buildings as to create a new architectural style. ... ņBauhaus is the common term for the Staatliches Bauhaus, an art and architecture school in Germany that operated from 1919 to 1933, and for the approach to design that it developed and taught. ...

Further reading

• Sir Banister Fletcher: Banister Fletcher's A History of Architecture - Editor: Dan Cruickshank (Architectural Press, Oxford, 1996) ISBN 0-7506-2267-9

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External links

• BBC Biography
• Biography
• Cruickshank's comments on visiting Iraq, post-U.S. invasion (BBC)
• Britain's Best Buildings (BBC)
• What The Industrial Revolution Did For Us (Open University)
• Dan Cruickshank at the Internet Movie Database
• The Lost World of Friese-Greene on the BBC