Daylight Dome

Series

Series Name
Colour Pictorial

Issue

Issue No.
414
Date Released
3 Dec 1962
Date recorded
2 Nov 1962
Length of issue (in feet)
760
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
2 / 3
Summary
NoS Summary - The Daylight Advisory Service of the Pilkington glass company advises architects designing schools. At Ruffwood Comprehensive School at Kirkby, Lancashire, light readings are taken.
Researcher Comments
Commentary: A big British glass manufacturer has started a Daylight Advisory Service to architects planning our new glass-and-concrete buildings - the first such service in the world. We visit the scientific dome where they can subject model buildings to the sky-light situation you would get when there was intense sunlight on the one hand, or typical Lancashire rain. We go to the actual school, too, whose model we tested, to see them check results.
Keywords
Science and technology; Engineering
Locations
England; Lancashire; Kirkby
Written sources
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Credits:
Commentator
Tim Brinton
Length of story (in feet)
286
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Daylight Dome', Colour Pictorial Issue No. 414, 3 Dec 1962. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/121308 (Accessed 07 Feb 2025)