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Building Sights (1988) is a documentary web series in English. On MovieLinkBD: full story, cast, ratings, season & episode guide, official trailer and where to watch Building Sights online in HD.

Building Sights — Storyline

Personal reflections on the best of 20th Century architecture.

Cast & Crew

Building Sights — Series Details

Building Sights — Episode Guide

Series 1

• E1: Water Authority Pumping Station (1988-11-01) — Architect Piers Gough looks at the brand new Water Authority Pumping Station on London's Isle of Dogs, designed by John Outram , that's good enough to eat in …
• E2: Marsh Court (1988-11-07) — Writer Jonathan Meades revisits Marsh Court, a private house-turned-prep-school designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens in 1904 and with gardens by Gertrude Jekyll. Meades finds the place an
• E3: Schlumberger Building (1988-11-08) — Eva Jiricna — the architect responsible for designing interiors for Harrods, Joseph and parts of the Lloyds building — visits Schlumberger Cambridge Research (architect, Michael
• E4: Byker Wall (1988-11-15) — Writer Beatrix Campbell visits the successful Byker housing estate in Newcastle, designed by Ralph Erskine in the early 1970s. It's an epic development – both monumental and modest
• E5: Alexander Fleming House (1988-11-23) — Stephen Bayley, curator of the Conran Design Museum opening in 1989 argues, in the face of popular opinion, that Alexander Fleming House (Erno Goldfinger, 1962) in London's Elephan
• E6: Glasgow School of Art (1988-11-29) — Artist Bruce McLean attended Saturday morning classes at the Glasgow School of Art from the age of 6, and went on to study there in the 1960s. But it is only recently says McLean,
• E7: De La Warr Pavilion (1988-12-06) — First-year architecture student Sophie Hicks delights in the De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill, Sussex. Designed in 1933 by Erich Mendelsohn and Serge Chermayeff, the building is one
• E8: Creek Vean (1988-12-13) — Editor of Blueprint magazine Deyan Sudjic examines Creek Vean in Cornwall. It is a house built in 1966 by Team 4, a group of young unknowns. Two of them are now Britain's best know

Series 2

• E1: Arab Institute (1989-07-11) — Janet Abrams reflects on the Arab Institute on Paris's Left Bank (architect Jean Nouvel, 1988), one of President Mitterand's portfolio of buildings designed to change the profile o
• E2: Stamford Bridge (1989-10-04) — Architect Nigel Coates delights in Chelsea Football Stadium's East Stand (Darbourne and Darke, 1972).
• E3: Janet Street-Porter's House (1989-10-11) — Television executive and ex-architecture student Janet Street-Porter asked Piers Gough to design a house for her in London's Smithfield. For the first time on television, she shows
• E4: Holland House (1989-10-18) — Peter Palumbo, chairman of the Arts Council, praises Holland House, an office block built in the City of London by the Dutch architect Berlage.
• E5: David Mellor Cutlery Factory (1989-10-25) — Writer Gillian Darley examines the new award-winning David Mellor Cutlery Factory in the Peak District of Derbyshire. Designed by architect Michael Hopkins and opened this year, it
• E6: The Blackburn House (1989-11-01) — Artist and photographer Jenny Okun visits the Blackburn House in London's Hampstead, by architects Peter Wilson and Chassay Wright (1989). She argues that the Blackburn House – par
• E7: D10 Boots Building, Nottingham (1989-11-08) — The Boots factory is a vast glass palace built by Owen Williams in 1932. Iwona Blazwick from London's ICA tours the factory which is acknowledged as a masterpiece of early British
• E8: Royal College of Physicians (1989-11-15) — Architect Edward Cullinan thinks the best post-war building in London is the Royal College of Physicians in Regent's Park, designed by Sir Denys Lasdun in 1960.
• E9: The Katharine Stephen Room (1989-11-22) — Internationally renowned architect James Stirling examines the Katharine Stephen Room – rare books library of Newnham College, Cambridge (1988 Birkin Haward/Joanna Van Heyningen).

Series 3

• E1: Boeing 747 (1991-01-15) — Architect, Sir Norman Foster, looks at the jumbo jet.
• E2: Didcot Power Station (1991-01-22) — Writer Marina Warner is inspired by Didcot Power Station in Oxfordshire.
• E3: Lloyds of London (1991-01-29) — Artist Michael Craig-Martin marvels at Lloyds of London.
• E4: Trellick Tower (1991-02-05) — Architect Sand Helsel applauds Trellick Tower, a 1967 tower block in north London by Erno Goldfinger.
• E5: St Mary's Hospital (1991-02-12) — Sandy Naime, director of visual arts at the Arts Council, looks at St Mary's, a new NHS hospital on the Isle of Wight by Ahrends, Burton and Koralek.
• E6: Michelin Building (1991-03-05) — Tessa Blackstone, Master of Birkbeck College, University of London, praises the Michelin building in London.
• E7: Court House (1991-03-12) — Court House in Truro, Cornwall is admired by the artist Deanna Petherbridge.
• E8: Leicester University Engineering Building (1991-03-19) — Leicester University Engineering Building is one of only a few buildings that have had a powerful effect on structural engineer Tim MacFarlane: 'For me, this building is a work of
• E9: St Olaf House (1991-03-26) — To Alice Rawsthorn, design correspondent of The Financial Times, St Olaf House (1931) is 'a little island of art deco splendour tucked away between the south bank of the River Tham
• E10: Garden House (1991-04-02) — Film director and artist Derek Jarman visits Garden House in Wimborne, Dorset, built by his art master Robin Noscoe.
• E11: County Arcade (1991-04-09) — Alan Bennett wanders through the County Arcade, Leeds (Frank Matcham 1900).
• E12: Boarbank Hall Oratory (1991-04-16) — Architect Richard MacCormac marvels at the Boarbank Hall Oratory near Grange over Sands, Cumbria.

Series 4

• E1: Canary Wharf (1996-05-13) — Jools Holland's love of panoramic views takes him to Britain's tallest tower, Canary Wharf in London. From a vantage point atop the 50-floor structure the musician and presenter lo
• E2: The Worsley Medical Building (1996-05-20) — Damien Hirst, controversial winner of last year's Turner Prize, enjoys the juxtaposition of life and death at the Worsley Medical Building in Leeds where, as a student, he used to
• E3: Hauer-King House (1996-06-03) — Architect Will Alsop visits an unconventional private house built with glass walls.
• E4: Humber Bridge (1996-06-10) — Poet Simon Armitage finds inspiration in the longest suspension bridge in the world. Opened in 1981, the Humber Bridge is 1.3 miles long and, he feels, is "one of the modern wonder
• E5: Wood Street Police Station (1996-06-17) — Cartoonist Posy Simmonds discovers a remarkable police station in Wood Street in the City of London.
• E6: Alton Estate (1996-06-24) — Architect Sir Richard Rogers praises Alton housing estate in Roehampton. Built in the 1950s by the London County Council, Alton was planned to be a modern Utopia.
• E7: Willis Corroon (1996-07-03) — Architect Zaha Hadid chooses the Willis Corroon building in the centre of Ipswich, Suffolk, a high-tech seventies work by Sir Norman Foster.
• E8: Glyndebourne Opera House (1996-07-10) — Writer Germaine Greer chooses the Glyndebourne Opera House on the Sussex Downs. The building, which opened in 1994, was constructed in just 18 months and was designed by Michael Ho

Frequently Asked Questions

How many seasons does Building Sights have? 4 season(s) with 37 episodes.

Where can I watch Building Sights? See the Where to Watch section above for current streaming options.