Electra House, London (1902)
EMPIRE LINES12 Marras 2020

Electra House, London (1902)

Dr. Alex Bremner navigates London as the powerhouse of British technological imperialism, by looking at Electra House.

Home to the Eastern Telegraph Company, London’s Electra House became the centre of Britain’s global telecommunications empire at the turn of the twentieth century. The regulated mesh of its architecture similarly ensnared global geographies, submitting it to the whims of commercial and imperial prerogative. Electra House persists as an important artefact of corporate and technological empire, and a stark precedent for contemporary geopolitical struggles over 5G broadband.

PRESENTER: Dr. Alex Bremner, professor of Architectural History at the University of Edinburgh.

ART: Electra House, London (1902).

IMAGE: ‘Electra House’ in Electra House: The New Home of the Eastern and Associated Telegraph Companies (1902).

SOUNDS: Silicon Transmitter.

PRODUCER: Jelena Sofronijevic.


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