Building Sights

1988
Building Sights

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EP1 Canary Wharf May 13, 1996

Jools Holland's love of panoramic views takes him to Britain's tallest tower, Canary Wharf in London. From a vantage point atop the 50-floor structure the musician and presenter looks out over the capital city.

EP2 The Worsley Medical Building May 20, 1996

Damien Hirst, controversial winner of last year's Turner Prize, enjoys the juxtaposition of life and death at the Worsley Medical Building in Leeds where, as a student, he used to do anatomical drawings.

EP3 Hauer-King House Jun 03, 1996

Architect Will Alsop visits an unconventional private house built with glass walls.

EP4 Humber Bridge Jun 10, 1996

Poet Simon Armitage finds inspiration in the longest suspension bridge in the world. Opened in 1981, the Humber Bridge is 1.3 miles long and, he feels, is "one of the modern wonders of the world".

EP5 Wood Street Police Station Jun 17, 1996

Cartoonist Posy Simmonds discovers a remarkable police station in Wood Street in the City of London.

EP6 Alton Estate Jun 24, 1996

Architect Sir Richard Rogers praises Alton housing estate in Roehampton. Built in the 1950s by the London County Council, Alton was planned to be a modern Utopia.

EP7 Willis Corroon Jul 03, 1996

Architect Zaha Hadid chooses the Willis Corroon building in the centre of Ipswich, Suffolk, a high-tech seventies work by Sir Norman Foster.

EP8 Glyndebourne Opera House Jul 10, 1996

Writer Germaine Greer chooses the Glyndebourne Opera House on the Sussex Downs. The building, which opened in 1994, was constructed in just 18 months and was designed by Michael Hopkins and Patty Hopkins.
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Released: 01 November 1988 Ended
Producted By: BBC Elstree
Country: United Kingdom
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Official Website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01q0kmk
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Personal reflections on the best of 20th Century architecture.

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