Dan Cruickshank

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Dan Cruickshank (born 1949) is an architectural historian and television presenter, currently working for the BBC, and lives in Spitalfields, London.

1 Biography
- 1.1 Professional career
- 1.2 Television work
2 Filmography
3 Bibliography
4 External links
5 References

[edit] Biography

[edit] Professional career

Cruickshank holds a BA in Art, Design and Architecture and was formerly a Visiting Professor in the Department of Architecture at the University of Sheffield and a member of the London faculty of the University of Delaware. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects, a member of the Executive Committee of the Georgian Group and on the Architectural Panel of the National Trust.

He has served as Historic Buildings Consultant for Robert Adam Architects since 1999 and has been involved in the repair and restoration of many historical buildings including Spencer House in St James’s, Heveningham Hall in Suffolk and numerous early eighteenth century houses in Spitalfields and other parts of London.^[1]

His professional publications include London the Art of Georgian Buildings, The National Trust and Irish Georgian Society Guide to the Georgian Buildings of Britain and Ireland and ‘’Life in the Georgian City’’. He edited the 20th edition of Sir Banister Fletcher’s History of Architecture and Timeless Architecture: a study of key buildings in architectural history and is a contributing editor to Architects’ Journal, The Architectural Review and Perspectives on Architecture.

[edit] Television work

Cruickshank began his career with the BBC as consultant, writer and presenter on the architectural programmes One Foot in the Past and The House Detectives. He also contributed films to the Timewatch and Omnibus strands.^[2]

In 2001 he wrote and presented the series Invasion in which he examined attempts to invade the British Isles over the years by exploring coastal fortresses and defensive structures around the coast of the country to discover their military heritage.

Further series included Britain's Best Buildings examining architecturally- or culturally-significant buildings in Great Britain,Under Fire visiting museums and buildings in Afghanistan, Iraq and Israel to see how recent warfare has affected the country's historic artefacts, and What the Industrial Revolution Did for Us focusing on the scientific, technological and political changes of the 19th century.

In 2003, Cruickshank 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; while 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.

Perhaps his greatest success to date came with 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.

In 2006, Cruickshank presented "Marvels of the Modern Age", a series focusing on the development of modernism in design, from Greek and Roman architecture, to Bauhaus and the present.

Dan Cruickshank's Adventures in Architecture, a 2008 series in which he travelled around the world visiting what he considered to be the world's most unusual and interesting buildings.

[edit] Filmography

1993 One Foot in the Past guest presenter
1997-2002 The House Detectives presenter
2001 Timewatch writer and presenter
2001 Invasion writer and presenter
2002 Omnibus: Dan Cruickshank and the Lost Treasure of Kabul writer and presenter
2002 Britain's Best Buildings writer and presenter
2003 Under Fire writer and presenter
2003 Towering Ambitions: Dan Cruickshank at Ground Zero writer and presenter
2003 What the Industrial Revolution Did for Us writer and presenter
2005 Around the World in 80 Treasures writer and presenter
2005 The Lost World of Mitchell & Kenyon presenter
2005 Egyptian Journeys with Dan Cruickshank writer and presenter
2006 The Lost World of Friese-Greene
2006 Betjeman & Me presenter
2006 Marvels of the Modern Age writer and presenter
2006 The Lost World of Tibet presenter
2006 Britain's Best Buildings writer and presenter
2008 Dan Cruickshank's Adventures in Architecture writer and presenter

[edit] Bibliography

Cruickshank, Dan, & Colin Amery (Jun 12, 1975). The Rape of Britain. Elek (Paul) (Scientific Books) Ltd.. ISBN 978-0236310197.
Cruickshank, Dan (Oct 10, 1985). National Trust and the Irish Georgian Society Guide to Georgian Buildings of Britain and Ireland. Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated (hardcover). ISBN 978-0297786108.
Cruickshank, Dan, & Neil Burton (Mar 1, 1990). Life in the Georgian City. Viking Press (hardcover). ISBN 978-0670812660.
Cruickshank, Dan, Tony Rivers, Gillian Darley & Martin Pawley (Jan 1, 1993). The Name of the Room: History of the British House and Home. BBC Books (hardcover). ISBN 978-0563363217.
Cruickshank, Dan (editor) (Sep 21, 1996). Banister Fletcher's A History of Architecture (20th edition). Architectural Press (hardcover). ISBN 978-0750622677.
Cruickshank, Dan (editor) (Oct 15, 2000). Architecture: The Critics' Choice. Aurum Press Ltd (hardcover). ISBN 978-1854107206.
Cruickshank, Dan (editor) (Oct 12, 2001). Invasion: Defending Britain from Attack. Boxtree Ltd. (hardcover). ISBN 978-0752220291.
Cruickshank, Dan (Oct 10, 2002). The StoryBritain's Best Buildings. BBC Books (hardcover). ISBN 978-0563488231.
Cruickshank, Dan, & David Vincent (Oct 9, 2003). Under Fire. BBC Books (hardcover). ISBN 978-0563487685.
Cruickshank, Dan (Mar 8, 2004). The Royal Hospital Chelsea: The Place and the People. Third Millennium Publishing (hardcover). ISBN 978-1903942277.
Cruickshank, Dan, Nicola Jackson & Ricky Burdett (Jul 6, 2004). Building the BBC: A Return to Form. Wordsearch Communications (paperback). ISBN 978-1860002212.
Cruickshank, Dan, & Steven Brindle (Aug 25, 2005). Brunel: The Man Who Built the World. Weidenfeld & Nicolson (hardcover). ISBN 978-0297844082.
Cruickshank, Dan (Feb 17, 2005). Around the World in Eighty Treasures. Weidenfeld & Nicolson (hardcover). ISBN 978-0297843993.
Cruickshank, Dan (Apr 3, 2008). Adventures In Architecture. Weidenfeld & Nicolson (hardcover). ISBN 978-0297844440.