Deyan Sudjic
Building Sights (1988)
Series 3
A 12-part series of personal reflections on 20th-century architecture
Released Nov. 1, 1988
Episode 10 min
None+
Genres: Documentary
Keywords: tmdb.architecture
Production Companies: BBC Elstree
Network: BBC Two
Country: United Kingdom
Languages:
English
S3E1 - Boeing 747
Architect, Sir Norman Foster, looks at the jumbo jet.
Jan. 15, 1991, midnight
S3E2 - Didcot Power Station
Writer Marina Warner is inspired by Didcot Power Station in Oxfordshire.
Jan. 22, 1991, midnight
S3E3 - Lloyds of London
Artist Michael Craig-Martin marvels at Lloyds of London.
Jan. 29, 1991, midnight
S3E4 - Trellick Tower
Architect Sand Helsel applauds Trellick Tower, a 1967 tower block in north London by Erno Goldfinger.
Feb. 5, 1991, midnight
S3E5 - St Mary's Hospital
Sandy Naime, director of visual arts at the Arts Council, looks at St Mary's, a new NHS hospital on the Isle of Wight by Ahrends, Burton and Koralek.
Feb. 12, 1991, midnight
S3E6 - Michelin Building
Tessa Blackstone, Master of Birkbeck College, University of London, praises the Michelin building in London.
March 5, 1991, midnight
S3E7 - Court House
Court House in Truro, Cornwall is admired by the artist Deanna Petherbridge.
March 12, 1991, midnight
S3E8 - Leicester University Engineering Building
Leicester University Engineering Building is one of only a few buildings that have had a powerful effect on structural engineer Tim MacFarlane: 'For me, this building is a work of art.'
March 19, 1991, midnight
S3E9 - St Olaf House
To Alice Rawsthorn, design correspondent of The Financial Times, St Olaf House (1931) is 'a little island of art deco splendour tucked away between the south bank of the River Thames and the railway arches of London Bridge. It's one of those quirky places, where everything down to the tiniest detail was designed in a very particular way.'
March 26, 1991, midnight
S3E10 - Garden House
Film director and artist Derek Jarman visits Garden House in Wimborne, Dorset, built by his art master Robin Noscoe.
April 2, 1991, midnight
S3E11 - County Arcade
Alan Bennett wanders through the County Arcade, Leeds (Frank Matcham 1900).
April 9, 1991, midnight
S3E12 - Boarbank Hall Oratory
Architect Richard MacCormac marvels at the Boarbank Hall Oratory near Grange over Sands, Cumbria.
April 16, 1991, midnight
Network: BBC Two
Episode Runtime: 10 min.
Season Runtime: 10 min.
Released: Nov. 1, 1988
Last Air Date: July 10, 1996, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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