Building Sights

Personal reflections on the best of 20th Century architecture.

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First Aired on

Nov 01, 1988

4 seaons till Jul 10, 1996

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(GB)
Production

BBC Elstree (GB)

Status: Ended

Show Ended

Last episode: Glyndebourne Opera House

Seasons & episodes

Total 4 seasons, 37 episodes

Series 1

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

Aired

8 Episodes
  • Episode 1Water Authority Pumping Station min

    Architect Piers Gough looks at the brand new Water Authority Pumping Station on London's Isle of Dogs, designed by John Outram , that's good enough to eat in ...

  • Episode 2Marsh Court min

    Writer Jonathan Meades revisits Marsh Court, a private house-turned-prep-school designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens in 1904 and with gardens by Gertrude Jekyll. Meades finds the place an ever-changing maze.

  • Episode 3Schlumberger Building min

    Eva Jiricna -- the architect responsible for designing interiors for Harrods, Joseph and parts of the Lloyds building -- visits Schlumberger Cambridge Research (architect, Michael Hopkins 1984) and is enchanted by its modernity.

  • Episode 4Byker Wall min

    Writer Beatrix Campbell visits the successful Byker housing estate in Newcastle, designed by Ralph Erskine in the early 1970s. It's an epic development - both monumental and modest, and Beatrix Campbell describes why it is such an ingenious design solution.

  • Episode 5Alexander Fleming House min

    Stephen Bayley, curator of the Conran Design Museum opening in 1989 argues, in the face of popular opinion, that Alexander Fleming House (Erno Goldfinger, 1962) in London's Elephant and Castle is a building worth preserving in its original design.

Top Cast

Crew & Team

Ruth Rosenthal

Producer

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