Raymond McGrath – BBC

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    • May 20, 1999 at 10:08 am #704616
      john white
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      Did Raymond McGrath’s BBC radio interior designs ever achieve reality?

      Thanks

      John

    • May 20, 1999 at 10:19 am #711860
      Paul Clerkin
      Keymaster

      To the best of my knowledge they were built although I’m open to correction on this.

    • May 20, 1999 at 6:48 pm #711861
      john white
      Participant

      Yes, that’s the watercolour design I’ve seen.
      It’s the main reason I’m interested in him.
      Though he seems to have been an accomplished
      painter too.

      Collins Barracks have a couple of his pieces of furniture – a chair and coffee table.

      I’ll search about the web and see what I come up with. Perhaps at the BBC site.

      Thanks Paul

      John

    • May 20, 1999 at 7:01 pm #711862
      john white
      Participant

      From BBC website:

      BROADCASTING HOUSE OPENS
      The BBC considered sites in Trafalgar Square, the Haymarket and Park Lane. Portland
      Place was chosen when the home of James Watt, the inventor, was demolished. The
      1933 yearbook says there are 800 doors in Broadcasting House – one for every person,
      more than one radiator per person, one clock to 8 persons and 8.125 light bulbs per
      person. This art-deco ‘liner’, opened by John Reith is now a listed building.

    • May 25, 1999 at 4:46 pm #711863
      snag
      Participant

      The department of PDP (Prints Drawings and Photographs) in the V&A in London have a good colection of Raymond McGrath perespectives (mainly watercolour) etcetera. Their print room is open to the public at certain times: just go in and order up whatever you want to see.

    • May 26, 1999 at 10:48 am #711864
      john white
      Participant

      Thanks Snag. I’ve found a good book on him in the Ilac center library actually.

      John

    • July 10, 1999 at 1:21 pm #711865
      Anonymous
      Inactive

      There is a fair bit in print on Raymond Mc Grath.
      A starting point might be
      “God’s Architect” by Donal O’Donovan (his son in law)published 1995 ISBN 0948018305

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