S1E2:The Power of the Past

Brits Who Built the Modern World

20 Feb 201452 minTV-G

During the 1980s, modern architecture was deeply unpopular and under attack from figures such as Prince Charles. But it was during this time that these radical Brits achieved some of their greatest successes. Terry Farrell reveals how he was kept in the dark when designing MI6 Headquarters, while Nicholas Grimshaw followed in the footsteps of the great Victorian engineers with Waterloo Station.