Imperial War Museum
Dr Jonathan Foyle scales iconic structures to reveal their secrets. Here, he explores the Imperial War Museum North in Manchester, designed by Daniel Libeskind.
Dr Jonathan Foyle, architectural historian and novice climber, scales Britain's most iconic structures, from the Normans to the present day, to reveal the buildings' secrets and tell the story of British architecture and construction's development over the last 1,000 years.
The Imperial War Museum North in Manchester, built from 2000 and designed by Daniel Libeskind, is an example of a new wave of architectural design that is both dramatic and disturbing, a building that plays with the senses and provokes wonder.
In his final climb of the series, Jonathan, aided by top climber Lucy Creamer, scales over 50 metres up the building to reveal how the museum is designed to reflect war itself. He scales the huge air shard to investigate how the building deliberately disorientates visitors, he finds himself part of the exhibition when he abseils down inside the water shard, and he explores the technological advances that allowed the building, with its 80,000 square feet of aluminium, to be constructed in just two years.
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Presenter | Jonathan Foyle |
Participant | Lucy Creamer |
Camera Operator | Ian Burton |
Director | Emma Gray |
Series Producer | Adam Barry |
Executive Producer | Emma Read |
Broadcasts
- Tue 28 Sep 2010 18:30±«Óãtv HD & ±«Óãtv Two
- Christmas Eve 2010 09:30
- Thu 24 Feb 2011 04:10
- Tue 6 Sep 2011 18:30±«Óãtv HD
- Fri 30 Sep 2011 18:30±«Óãtv HD
- Tue 7 Feb 2012 19:30
- Tue 28 May 2013 15:45
- Thu 4 Sep 2014 13:30
- Thu 26 Oct 2023 19:30
- Fri 27 Oct 2023 01:25