The Art of Architecture

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The Art of Architecture
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Genre Factual
Directed by Alastair Layzell
Narrated byAlastair Layzell
Country of origin United Kingdom
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes22
Production
Executive producers
  • Jack Oliver
  • David Byrne
EditorRichard Hall
Running time44 minutes
Production companyColonial Pictures
Original release
Network Sky Arts
Release25 July 2019 (2019-07-25) 
present

"The Art of Architecture" is a British factual documentary series broadcast in the United Kingdom on Sky Arts. It aired a first series in 2019, a second in 2021, and a third in 2022, as well as two specials in 2020. Each of its episodes makes a study of a piece of new architecture or restoration, showing how they were inspired, designed and brought to fruition, with a profile of the architect or firm which created it. The Art of Architecture is directed and narrated by Alastair Layzell and the architectural consultant is Marcus Binney.

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The title was previously used for a mini-series of three episodes in 1960 presented by Kenneth Clark, entitled The Good Old Rules, The Age of the Spaceman and The Architecture We Deserve.[ citation needed ]

Episodes

EpisodeOriginal air dateFeatured structureArchitect
1.125 July 2019 World Trade Center Transportation Hub [1] Santiago Calatrava
1.21 August 2019 Battersea Power Station redevelopment [2] Jim Eyre
1.38 August 2019 V&A Dundee [3] Kengo Kuma
1.415 August 2019 Vessel [4] Thomas Heatherwick
1.522 August 2019 Weston Tower, Westminster Abbey [5] Ptolemy Dean
1.629 August 2019 Macallan Distillery [6] Graham Stirk
1.75 September 2019 Smithsonian National Museum of African American History [7] David Adjaye
1.812 September 2019 Design Museum, Kensington [8] John Pawson
1.919 September 2019 John Simpson's house [9] John Simpson
1.1026 September 2019 Alexandra Palace theatre restoration [10] Matt Somerville
Special23 September 2020Great Opera Houses of the World [11]
La Fenice, Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía, Garsington Opera
Aldo Rossi, Santiago Calatrava, Robin Snell
Special30 September 2020Great Museums of the World [12]
Museum of Arts and Sciences, Beyeler Foundation, Vitra Design Museum
Santiago Calatrava, Frank Gehry, Renzo Piano
2.15 February 2021Bee'ah Headquarters, Sharjah [13] Zaha Hadid
2.212 February 2021 Cambridge Central Mosque [14] Marks Barfield
2.319 February 2021 Lambeth Palace Library and Archives [15] Wright & Wright
2.426 February 2021New Music School, King's College School [16] Michael and Patty Hopkins
2.55 March 2021 Andermatt Concert Hall [17] Christina Seilern
2.69 March 2021Island Rest, Hampshire [18] Magnus Strom
2.716 March 2021 Holy Trinity Church, Paris [19] Jean-Michel Wilmotte
2.823 March 2021 Southern Cross station, Melbourne [20] Nicholas Grimshaw
2.930 March 2021 Palais de Justice, Paris [21] Renzo Piano
2.107 April 2021 Expo 2020 [22] Various
3.111 April 2022Narbo Via, Narbonne Norman Foster
3.218 April 2022Holocaust Monument of Names, Amsterdam Daniel Libeskind
3.325 April 2022The Shed, New York City Liz Diller
3.42 May 2022House In The CotswoldsYiangou Architects
3.59 May 2022Smith House, Nova ScotiaBrian McKay Lyons
3.616 May 2022Wild Reindeer Pavilion, Norway Kjetil Thorsen
3.723 May 2022Serpentine Pavilion, LondonSumayya Valley
3.830 May 2022Library At Magdalene College, Cambridge Niall McLaughlin
3.96 June 2022Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin David Chipperfield
3.1013 June 2022Turkey, Foster+PartnersDolunay Villa

References

  1. "The Art of Architecture - S1 - Episode 1". Radio Times. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  2. "Battersea Power Station: The Art of Architecture". WilkinsonEyre. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  3. "The Art of Architecture - S1 - Episode 3". Radio Times . Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  4. "The Art of Architecture - S1 - Episode 4". Radio Times . Retrieved 26 February 2021.[ permanent dead link ]
  5. "The Art of Architecture - S1 - Episode 5". Radio Times . Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  6. "The Art of Architecture review". The Daily Telegraph . 24 August 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  7. "The Art of Architecture - S1 - Episode 7". Radio Times . Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  8. "The Art of Architecture - S1 - Episode 8". Radio Times . Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  9. "The Art of Architecture - S1 - Episode 9". Radio Times . Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  10. "The Art of Architecture - S1 - Episode 10". Radio Times . Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  11. "The Art of Architecture - Great Opera Houses of the World". Radio Times . Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  12. "The Art of Architecture - Great Museums of the World". Radio Times . Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  13. "The Art of Architecture - S2 - Episode 1: Bee'ah Headquarters, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates". Radio Times . Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  14. "The Art of Architecture - S2 - Episode 2: Cambridge Central Mosque". Radio Times . Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  15. "The Art of Architecture - S2 - Episode 3: Lambeth Palace Library and Archives". Radio Times . Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  16. "King's College music school features on Sky Arts". King’s College School. 23 February 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  17. "The Art of Architecture - S2 - Episode 5: Concert Hall, Andermatt, Switzerland". Radio Times . Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  18. "The Art of Architecture - S2 - Episode 6: Island Rest, Hampshire". Radio Times . Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  19. "The Art of Architecture - S2 - Episode 7: Holy Trinity Church, Paris" . Retrieved 8 March 2021.
  20. "The Art of Architecture - S2 - Episode 8: Southern Cross Station, Melbourne, Australia" . Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  21. "The Art of Architecture - S2 - Episode 9: Paris Law Courts" . Retrieved 27 March 2021.
  22. "The Art of Architecture - S2 - Episode 10: Expo 2020" . Retrieved 6 April 2021.