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