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Water Authority Pumping Station
Architect Piers Gough looks at the brand new Water Authority Pumping Station on London's Isle of Dogs, designed by John
Marsh Court
Writer Jonathan Meades revisits Marsh Court, a private house-turned-prep-school designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens in 1904 an
Schlumberger Building
Eva Jiricna -- the architect responsible for designing interiors for Harrods, Joseph and parts of the Lloyds building --
Byker Wall
Writer Beatrix Campbell visits the successful Byker housing estate in Newcastle, designed by Ralph Erskine in the early
Alexander Fleming House
Stephen Bayley, curator of the Conran Design Museum opening in 1989 argues, in the face of popular opinion, that Alexand
Glasgow School of Art
Artist Bruce McLean attended Saturday morning classes at the Glasgow School of Art from the age of 6, and went on to stu
De La Warr Pavilion
First-year architecture student Sophie Hicks delights in the De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill, Sussex. Designed in 1933 by
Creek Vean
Editor of Blueprint magazine Deyan Sudjic examines Creek Vean in Cornwall. It is a house built in 1966 by Team 4, a grou
Arab Institute
Janet Abrams reflects on the Arab Institute on Paris's Left Bank (architect Jean Nouvel, 1988), one of President Mittera
Stamford Bridge
Architect Nigel Coates delights in Chelsea Football Stadium's East Stand (Darbourne and Darke, 1972).
Janet Street-Porter's House
Television executive and ex-architecture student Janet Street-Porter asked Piers Gough to design a house for her in Lond
Holland House
Peter Palumbo, chairman of the Arts Council, praises Holland House, an office block built in the City of London by the D
David Mellor Cutlery Factory
Writer Gillian Darley examines the new award-winning David Mellor Cutlery Factory in the Peak District of Derbyshire. De
The Blackburn House
Artist and photographer Jenny Okun visits the Blackburn House in London's Hampstead, by architects Peter Wilson and Chas
D10 Boots Building, Nottingham
The Boots factory is a vast glass palace built by Owen Williams in 1932. Iwona Blazwick from London's ICA tours the fact
Royal College of Physicians
Architect Edward Cullinan thinks the best post-war building in London is the Royal College of Physicians in Regent's Par
The Katharine Stephen Room
Internationally renowned architect James Stirling examines the Katharine Stephen Room - rare books library of Newnham Co
Boeing 747
Architect, Sir Norman Foster, looks at the jumbo jet.
Didcot Power Station
Writer Marina Warner is inspired by Didcot Power Station in Oxfordshire.
Lloyds of London
Artist Michael Craig-Martin marvels at Lloyds of London.
Trellick Tower
Architect Sand Helsel applauds Trellick Tower, a 1967 tower block in north London by Erno Goldfinger.
St Mary's Hospital
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
Michelin Building
Tessa Blackstone, Master of Birkbeck College, University of London, praises the Michelin building in London.
Court House
Court House in Truro, Cornwall is admired by the artist Deanna Petherbridge.
Leicester University Engineering Building
Leicester University Engineering Building is one of only a few buildings that have had a powerful effect on structural e
St Olaf House
To Alice Rawsthorn, design correspondent of The Financial Times, St Olaf House (1931) is 'a little island of art deco sp
Garden House
Film director and artist Derek Jarman visits Garden House in Wimborne, Dorset, built by his art master Robin Noscoe.
County Arcade
Alan Bennett wanders through the County Arcade, Leeds (Frank Matcham 1900).
Boarbank Hall Oratory
Architect Richard MacCormac marvels at the Boarbank Hall Oratory near Grange over Sands, Cumbria.
Canary Wharf
Jools Holland's love of panoramic views takes him to Britain's tallest tower, Canary Wharf in London. From a vantage poi
The Worsley Medical Building
Damien Hirst, controversial winner of last year's Turner Prize, enjoys the juxtaposition of life and death at the Worsle
Hauer-King House
Architect Will Alsop visits an unconventional private house built with glass walls.
Humber Bridge
Poet Simon Armitage finds inspiration in the longest suspension bridge in the world. Opened in 1981, the Humber Bridge i
Wood Street Police Station
Cartoonist Posy Simmonds discovers a remarkable police station in Wood Street in the City of London.
Alton Estate
Architect Sir Richard Rogers praises Alton housing estate in Roehampton. Built in the 1950s by the London County Council
Willis Corroon
Architect Zaha Hadid chooses the Willis Corroon building in the centre of Ipswich, Suffolk, a high-tech seventies work b
Glyndebourne Opera House
Writer Germaine Greer chooses the Glyndebourne Opera House on the Sussex Downs. The building, which opened in 1994, was
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