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Building Sights: Series 3
January 15, 1991
12 Episodes
Overview
A 12-part series of personal reflections on 20th-century architecture
Episodes
12
1
Boeing 747
Jan 15, 1991
Architect, Sir Norman Foster, looks at the jumbo jet.
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2
Didcot Power Station
Jan 22, 1991
Writer Marina Warner is inspired by Didcot Power Station in Oxfordshire.
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3
Lloyds of London
Jan 29, 1991
Artist Michael Craig-Martin marvels at Lloyds of London.
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4
Trellick Tower
Feb 5, 1991
Architect Sand Helsel applauds Trellick Tower, a 1967 tower block in north London by Erno Goldfinger.
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5
St Mary's Hospital
Feb 12, 1991
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.
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6
Michelin Building
Mar 5, 1991
Tessa Blackstone, Master of Birkbeck College, University of London, praises the Michelin building in London.
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7
Court House
Mar 12, 1991
Court House in Truro, Cornwall is admired by the artist Deanna Petherbridge.
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8
Leicester University Engineering Building
Mar 19, 1991
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.'
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9
St Olaf House
Mar 26, 1991
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.'
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10
Garden House
Apr 2, 1991
Film director and artist Derek Jarman visits Garden House in Wimborne, Dorset, built by his art master Robin Noscoe.
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11
County Arcade
Apr 9, 1991
Alan Bennett wanders through the County Arcade, Leeds (Frank Matcham 1900).
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12
Boarbank Hall Oratory
Apr 16, 1991
Architect Richard MacCormac marvels at the Boarbank Hall Oratory near Grange over Sands, Cumbria.
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