Penelope Curtis
Penelope Curtis chooses the Chamberlin Powell & Bon buildings on the Leeds University Campus
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Director of Tate Britain |
Formerly Curator at Henry Moore Institute, Leeds and Head of Centre for the Study of Sculpture, Leeds Museums & Galleries. Author of Patio and Pavilion: The place of sculpture in Modern Architecture.
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The Roger Stevens Building by Chamberlin Powell & Bon

Penelope Curtis, Director of Tate Britain, chooses the buildings at Leeds University built in 1970 by the brutalist architects Chamberlin Powell & Bon.Â
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An interview with modernist architects Peter and Alison Smithson on contemporary British buildings.
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Photo by Godfrey Argent, © National Portrait Gallery, London
The Barbican

Michael Oliver visits The Barbican in London - also designed by Chamerlin, Powell and Bon - before its opening in 1982. Judi Dench and Michael Williams were the first actors to appear on its stage.
From Kaleidoscope 22 Feb 1982 on Radio 4

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