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Creating a space station environment

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In my designs I created like a space... like a space station environment, where the audience goes first before they go into the IMAX theatre. And since they wanted to build 14 at the same time, hopefully near a big car park, all over the States, I decided maybe the cheapest and best way to do it would be... to be that... and make the whole thing like an inflatable. You see, I'd seen those tennis courts which were, they were in... in the States, and I said, ‘Why can't we build a... a cinema, 14 cinemas like that?’ And, I had, you know... I found people who were experts and they were, of course, very excited.

Sir Kenneth Adam (1921-2016), OBE, born Klaus Hugo Adam, was a production designer famous for his set designs for the James Bond films of the 1960s and 1970s. Initially, he trained as an architect in London, but in October 1943, he became one of only two German-born fighter pilots to fly with the RAF in wartime. He joined 609 Squadron where he flew the Hawker Typhoon fighter bomber. After the war, he entered the film industry, initially as a draughtsman on This Was a Woman. His portfolio of work includes Barry Lyndon and The Madness of King George; he won an Oscar for both films. Having a close relationship with Stanley Kubrick, he also designed the set for the iconic war room in Dr Strangelove. Sir Ken Adam was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2003.

Title: Creating a space station environment

Listeners: Christopher Sykes

Christopher Sykes is an independent documentary producer who has made a number of films about science and scientists for BBC TV, Channel Four, and PBS.

Tags: USA

Duration: 1 minute, 21 seconds

Date story recorded: December 2010 and January 2011

Date story went live: 18 November 2011