Dan Cruickshank's Adventures in Architecture

Dan Cruickshank's Adventures in Architecture is a BBC series first aired on BBC Two in April 2008 in which British architectural historian Dan Cruickshank travels around the world visiting what he considers to be the world's most unusual and interesting buildings, structures and sites. ^[1] In Australia, the programme was broadcast on ABC1 from 28 May 2009.

Country	Site	Image	Country	Site	Image
Episode 1 – Beauty			Episode 2 – Death
Greenland	Igloo		Egypt	Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut
China	Leshan Giant Buddha		Czech Republic	Sedlec Ossuary
Russia	Catherine Palace		Guatemala	Yaxha
India	Konark Sun Temple		Italy	Cimitero monumentale di Staglieno
France	Albi Cathedral		India	Varanasi
Episode 3 – Paradise			Episode 4 – Disaster
Egypt	Saint Catherine's Monastery		Germany	Dresden
China	Hanging Monastery of Heng Shan		Syria	Palmyra
Turkey	Süleymaniye Mosque		United States	San Francisco earthquake defences
Russia	Kizhi		Afghanistan	Minaret of Jam
India	Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple
Episode 5 – Connections			Episode 6 – Power
Brazil	Brasília		Romania	Palace of the Parliament
Syria	Damascus		Syria	Marqab Castle
United States	Rockefeller Center		United States	Evergreen Plantation
India	Dharavi		Turkey	Topkapı Harem
			Kazakhstan	Astana
Episode 7 – Dreams			Episode 8 – Pleasure
Yemen	Shibam		India	Taj Mahal Palace
Dominican Republic	Santo Domingo		Germany	Neuschwanstein
United States	Eastern State Penitentiary		Italy	Pompeii
Bhutan	Thimphu		Brazil	Teatro Amazonas
			Italy	Villa Barbaro

Companion book

• Cruickshank, Dan (3 April 2008). Adventures in Architecture. Weidenfeld & Nicolson (hardcover). ISBN   978-0-297-84444-0.

References

1. Sutcliffe, Thomas (10 April 2008). "Death as an awfully big adventure". The Independent . Retrieved 1 February 2025– via Newspapers.com.

External links

• Dan Cruickshank's Adventures in Architecture at BBC Online
• Dan Cruickshank's Adventures in Architecture at IMDb