Dan Cruickshank's Adventures in Architecture (BBC: Complete)

TV : Documentary : TV quality : English What do the buildings we construct say about us as people? Dan Cruickshank travels across the world, celebrating different types of architecture and showing how our buildings reveal our aspirations, our ingenuity and our beliefs. In each programme, buildings from all over the world are dramatically juxtaposed, revealing unexpected connections between very different types of architecture. From the Kizhi Cathedral in remote northwest Russia to the convent of St Catherine in Sinai, Egypt, and themes that range from beauty, to power, paradise and pleasure, this series is a monumental journey that takes in some monumental structures, gradually building an architectural knowledge so that, through the series, a story of world architecture is told. What do the buildings we construct say about us as people? Episode 1 - Beauty Greenland - Igloo China - Leshan Giant Buddha Russia - Catherine Palace India - Konark Sun Temple France - Albi Cathedral Episode 2 - Death Egypt - Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut Czech Republic - Sedlec Ossuary Guatemala - Yaxha Italy - Cimitero monumentale di Staglieno India - Varanasi Episode 3 - Paradise Egypt - St Catherine's Monastery China - Hanging Monastery of Heng Shan Turkey - Soleymaniye Mosque Russia - Kizhi India - Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple Episode 4 - Disaster Germany - Dresden Syria - Palmyra United States - San Francisco earthquake defences Afghanistan - Minaret of Jam Episode 5 - Connections Brazil - Brasilia Syria - Damascus United States - Rockefeller Center India - Dharavi Episode 6 - Power Romania - Palace of the Parliament Syria - Marqab Castle United States - Evergreen Plantation Turkey - Topkap1 Harem Kazakhstan - Astana Episode 7 - Dreams Yemen - Shibam Dominican Republic - Santo Domingo United States - Eastern State Penitentiary Bhutan - Thimphu Episode 8 - Pleasure India - Taj Mahal Palace, Mumbai Germany - Neuschwanstein Castle, Bavaria Italy - Pompeii Brazil - Teatro amazonas, Manaus Italy - Villa Barbaro episode content detail http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Cruickshank's_Adventures_in_Architecture Video: XVID 624x352 25.00fps Audio: MPEG Audio Layer 3 48000Hz stereo 120Kbps Enjoy and Seed!!

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georgem1 (2011-06-09)

Thank you