Series 3
12 episodes · Jan 15, 1991
A 12-part series of personal reflections on 20th-century architecture
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- S3E2
Didcot Power Station
Jan 22, 1991Writer Marina Warner is inspired by Didcot Power Station in Oxfordshire.
S3E4Trellick Tower
Feb 5, 1991Architect Sand Helsel applauds Trellick Tower, a 1967 tower block in north London by Erno Goldfinger.
- S3E5
St Mary's Hospital
Feb 12, 1991Sandy 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.
- S3E6
Michelin Building
Mar 5, 1991Tessa Blackstone, Master of Birkbeck College, University of London, praises the Michelin building in London.
- S3E7
Court House
Mar 12, 1991Court House in Truro, Cornwall is admired by the artist Deanna Petherbridge.
- S3E8
Leicester University Engineering Building
Mar 19, 1991Leicester 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.'
- S3E9
St Olaf House
Mar 26, 1991To 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.'
- S3E10
Garden House
Apr 2, 1991Film director and artist Derek Jarman visits Garden House in Wimborne, Dorset, built by his art master Robin Noscoe.
- S3E11
County Arcade
Apr 9, 1991Alan Bennett wanders through the County Arcade, Leeds (Frank Matcham 1900).
S3E12Boarbank Hall Oratory
Apr 16, 1991Architect Richard MacCormac marvels at the Boarbank Hall Oratory near Grange over Sands, Cumbria.