Architecture at the Crossroads (1986)
Ten films examining the main themes running through the world of contemporary architecture (1986)
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Episodes
- 1 1. Doubt and Reassessment1986-01-12 · 40mFirst transmitted in 1986, a look at how some young architects are reacting against modernist sterility with an exuberant return to traditional forms.
- 2 2. Columns and Gables1986-01-19 · 40mWe are living in an age of experiment. The 80s have seen a rich crop of radical and controversial ideas about the form and content of buildings. This second of ten programmes looks
- 3 3. Islam: The Search for Identity1986-01-26 · 40mThe newly-acquired oil wealth has brought an unprecedented boom to the Middle East and, as a consequence, a massive programme of new buildings. At first the Arabs looked to the Wes
- 4 4. New Market Places1986-02-02 · 40mModern architecture has revived the concept of the open 'galleria' and the 'atrium'. All over the world the traditional town square is giving way to the pedestrian precinct and the
- 5 5. Berlin: A City for People1986-02-09 · 40mNext year the once devastated inner-city of Berlin sees the most exciting and historic event in present-day city planning. It has taken eight years to create the mammoth Internatio
- 6 6. Japan: The Zen Way of Building1986-02-16 · 40mIn 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 corrid
- 7 7. Stop the Bulldozer1986-02-23 · 40mStop the Bulldozer asks if conservation at all costs is inhibiting contemporary architecture. Conservationists have become a potent force in contemporary architecture, lamenting, a
- 8 8. Houses Fit for People1986-03-02 · 40mHouses Fit for People looks at housing and where the modern movement went wrong with their high-rises and modern concrete estates. The fame and fortune of top contemporary architec
- 9 9. Texas: Instant Cities1986-03-09 · 40m'Texas is a marvellous place to build, it's the last American state, a great country, a separate country. They have the money and the desire to decorate their state and they're doi
- 10 10. Architecture: Quo Vadis?1986-03-16 · 40mThis has been a series about change - in the attitudes of contemporary architects, in public awareness, in the ways they are shaping our future environment. There has been some opt
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