The Built Environment
A selection of programmes and clips relating to architecture
Know Your Place—The Design Dimension, Series 2
Tom Dyckhoff examines how the design of the built environment can influence who we are.
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The City in the 20th Century—In Our Time
Melvyn Bragg looks at the innovative developments of the city in the 20th century.
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Zaha Hadid—Profile
Mary Ann Sieghart profiles Zaha Hadid, the world's leading female architect.
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Architect Norman Foster; actress Carey Mulligan—Front Row
Architect Norman Foster, actress Carey Mulligan and cast changes at Waterloo Road.
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Vitruvius and De Architectura—In Our Time
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Vitruvius's De Architectura.
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Architecture in the 20th Century—In Our Time
Melvyn Bragg examines what the architecture of the 20th century says about the age.
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Architecture and Living - Class Endures—Thinking Allowed
Laurie Taylor asks if the buildings built today cater for modern life.
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Edwin Lutyens—Great Lives
Simon Jenkins proposes Edwin Lutyens, architect of New Delhi and the Cenotaph.
The Secret Catacombs of Paris
Jonathan Glancey investigates Paris's secret underground maze of tunnels.
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Rebuilding After 9/11—A Point of View
Will Self gives a personal view of the new One World Trade Center in New York.
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The Building of St Petersburg—In Our Time
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the building of St Petersburg.
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Rem Koolhaas—Zeitgeisters, Series 2
Will Gompertz meets Rem Koolhaas, the architect who thinks his profession is in crisis.
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Buckminster Fuller—Great Lives
TV producer John Lloyd discusses the life of American architect Richard Buckminster Fuller
New Old Fashioned—A Point of View
Lisa Jardine reflects on changing fashions in architecture over the last four centuries.
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