S1E3:Paradise
Dan Cruickshank's Adventures in Architecture
16 Apr 200850 minTV-G
Images of the afterlife have been an important architectural ingredient for centuries. Dan Cruickshank looks at buildings that evoke the image of heaven across religions and cultures in this eye-opening documentary. In Egypt's Sinai desert, Dan explores the St Catherine Monastery, while in China he sees the Hanging Temple, an audacious Taoist temple that seems to dangle from a cliff-face.
