"Gritty Brits: New London Architecture," at Carnegie Museum of Art's Heinz Architectural Center, presents the work of six emerging young firms inspired by the art and architecture of the 1960s. Many of these projects are for sites in East London, an area that is far from the well-trod tourist paths.

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For this video, Post-Gazette architecture critic Patricia Lowry followed Heinz curator Raymund Ryan with a camera as he spoke about three projects.

Ryan, who organized the show, introduces a colorful, competition-winning design for renovating a public housing tower; a prototype for energy-efficient houseboat living, and a clever, artful way of keeping ultraviolet light from damaging an art collection in a renovated Victorian house.

The exhibit continues through June 3 at the museum, located at 4400 Forbes Ave., Oakland.

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