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Bishopsgate Institute. Free Course Places

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Book

Chamberlin, Powell and Bon

Chamberlin, Powell and Bon, the first book on the architects of the Golden Lane Estate and Barbican, written by Elain Harwood and published by RIBA Publications with English Heritage and the Twentieth Century Society, is to be published on 8 November. 

Based on new archival research and interviews with the architects’ families and surviving partners and their assistants, Chamberlin, Powell and Bon gives incisive accounts of the development of these two key post-war estates.  Together the estates illustrate the changing styles of post-war architecture in Britain and offer a model for modern urban living today.  The book also describes in detail CP&B’s other major commissions, beginning with Joe Chamberlin’s work at the Festival of Britain and including New Hall, Cambridge (now Murray Edwards College) and their major extensions to Leeds University, which show their interest in technical innovation as well as planning on a grand yet liveable scale. 

Chamberlin, Powell and Bon is beautifully illustrated with new photographs by James O. Davies and drawings from the architects’ newly revealed archive, most previously unpublished.

Elain Harwood is a historian with English Heritage and an authority on post-war architecture.

Cost £20

 

Using goldenlaneestate.org

goldenlaneestate.org is a social networking site open to anyone who lives or works on or in connection with Golden Lane Estate. Anyone who has a particular interest in the estate, for example, as a student, is also welcome to join.  Postings in the forum are ordered by category followed by date of discussion. Users of the site can set up new discussions within any category.

 

The Forums are moderated.  Any comments which appear to be abusive or potentially libellous or which contravene the terms of service under which this site is licensed to goldenlaneestate.org by our service provider Ning will be removed.

Cable - Virgin Media

Does anyone know whether they plane to fit cable into our homes for example so we can get virgin media, or will they not as this is a listed site?

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Permalink Reply by nathan on December 1, 2011 at 15:51

the communal aerial was upgraded a couple of years ago , the contract was given to a cowboy company who installed the new cabling for the aerial, they had the contract for the maintenance of the system, but did such a rubbish job they lost the contract, and a new company has the contract, i cant remember the name, you might if your very lucky get the correct information at the wonderfully helpful people at the estate office, as far as i know the cable installed was for freeview digital only, and if you wanted anything more i think the system had some satellite service on the communal aerial, and surprise surprise you will have to pay them a fee to have the cable connected from just outside your flat to your internal aerial socket, I dont know if this agreement still stands as it was maybe 2 or 3 years ago since the new cabling was installed

Permalink Reply by Roland Jeffery on January 13, 2012 at 20:31

This cabling system was supposed to give a good DAB radio signal too - useful as DAB is not that stable round here.  Mine hasn't worked from day one when plugged into the cable box and though the installation contractors came three times to look at it they didn't find an answer. 

Does anyone else have that problem?

Permalink Reply by nathan on January 19, 2012 at 19:37

i live top floor of crescent house and thank the lord i dont have to rely on the corporation for dab signal, works fine without their aerial, and i set up a dab radio for an oap on the ground floor of hatfield house, the radios aerial had to be adjusted to get the signal , but works fine

Permalink Reply by Emanuel De Freitas on January 20, 2012 at 13:49

Thats really strange I'm using the standard area and can pick up Freeview HD fine. Would of thought you would need a better coverage for that than DAB radio. But maybe im wrong??

Permalink Reply by nathan on January 21, 2012 at 16:34

what kind of dab radio do you have? does it have its own aerial or do you have to plug an aerial into it?

if you know someone with a portable dab radio you could test the reception in your flat. i have 2 dab portable radios in my flat and both work fine with their own aerials, no need for an aerial to be plugged in, or to use the communal aerial. if your radio needs an aerial to be plugged into it and you test the reception in your flat, i am sure you could pick up a portable aerial at maplins or argos etc.

Permalink Reply by Roland Jeffery on February 3, 2012 at 17:34

Fed up with the signal dropping out on my radio - it just goes suddenly silent and you have no idea how long it will stay silent - I have pensioned off my radio, a near top-of-the-range Roberts DAB set. I bought a new one but this constantly displays 'DAB Not Available'  even when placed next to a large window with its aerial in a variety of positions.  I am talking 2nd floor Crescent House.

I have done a postcode search on the official site:

http://www.ukdigitalradio.com/coverage/

and no stations are listed as 'very likely to be received'.  A long list of stations is said to be 'fairly likely' to be received at this postcode, though there is an ominous warning that you may need an external aerial to do so in the area. Hence, my suspicion that this must be a problem affecting others.

It seems incredible that one cannot get a radio signal in the centre of the capital city, but that seems to be the case.

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