Andrew Sachs as Narrator - (Voice)
Episodes 3
Doubt and Reassessment
First transmitted in 1986, a look at how some young architects are reacting against modernist sterility with an exuberant return to traditional forms.
Read MoreJapan: The Zen Way of Building
In Japan architects and designers enjoy a public fame and prestige far greater than any painter or sculptor. Three quarters of the 90 million people are packed into a narrow corridor, the strip of land between Tokyo and Hiroshima.
Read MoreStop the Bulldozer
Stop the Bulldozer asks if conservation at all costs is inhibiting contemporary architecture. Conservationists have become a potent force in contemporary architecture, lamenting, and sometimes preventing, the demolition of old buildings and the destruction of our architectural heritage.
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