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Building Sights

Building Sights
1988
Available on BBC iPlayer
Personal reflections on the best of 20th Century architecture in Britain
1988

Episodes

  • EPISODE 3
    Schlumberger Building

    First transmitted in 1988, architect Eva Jiricna visits the Schlumberger Research Centre, Cambridge.

    10 min · 8 Nov 1988
  • EPISODE 4
    Byker Wall

    First transmitted in 1988, writer Beatrix Campbell looks at the Byker Wall housing estate in Newcastle, designed by Ralph Erskine in the early 1970s.

    10 min · 15 Nov 1988
  • EPISODE 5
    Alexander Fleming House

    First transmitted in 1988, Stephen Bayley argues that Alexander Fleming House is a building worth preserving in its original design.

    10 min · 23 Nov 1988
  • EPISODE 3
    Janet Street-Porter

    First transmitted in 1991, Janet Street-Porter shows the house that Piers Gough designed for her in London's Smithfield.

    10 min · 11 Oct 1989
  • EPISODE 1
    Boeing 747

    First transmitted in 1991, architect Sir Norman Foster looks at the jumbo jet, a unique 'building' that flies.

    10 min · 15 Jan 1991
  • EPISODE 3
    Lloyd's Building

    First transmitted in 1991, artist Michael Craig-Martin marvels at Lloyd's of London.

    10 min · 29 Jan 1991

About

Building Sights
Personal reflections on the best of 20th Century architecture in Britain

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Studio
bbc_webonly
Released
1988

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