How We Built Britain was a series of six television documentaries produced by the BBC in 2007 and repeated in 2008. The series was written and presented by broadcaster David Dimbleby. In the series Dimbleby visited some of Britain's great historic buildings and examined their impact on Britain's architectural and social history. 　　The series was a follow-up to Dimbleby's 2005 BBC One series, A Picture of Britain, which celebrated British and Irish paintings, poetry, music, and landscapes.

How We Built Britain was a series of six television documentaries produced by the BBC in 2007 and repeated in 2008. The series was written and presented by broadcaster David Dimbleby. In the series Dimbleby visited some of Britain's great historic buildings and examined their impact on Britain's architectural and social history. 　　The series was a follow-up to Dimbleby's 2005 BBC One series, A Picture of Britain, which celebrated British and Irish paintings, poetry, music, and landscapes.

Two-part documentary in which Jonathan Meades makes the case for 20th-century concrete Brutalist architecture in an homage to a style that he sees a brave, bold and bloodyminded. Tracing its precursors to the once-hated Victorian edifices described as Modern Gothic and before that to the unapologetic baroque visions created by John Vanbrugh, as well as the martial architecture of World War II, Meades celebrates the emergence of the Brutalist spirit in his usual provocative and incisive style. Never pulling his punches, Meades praises a moment in architecture he considers sublime and decries its detractors.

Two-part documentary in which Jonathan Meades makes the case for 20th-century concrete Brutalist architecture in an homage to a style that he sees a brave, bold and bloodyminded. Tracing its precursors to the once-hated Victorian edifices described as Modern Gothic and before that to the unapologetic baroque visions created by John Vanbrugh, as well as the martial architecture of World War II, Meades celebrates the emergence of the Brutalist spirit in his usual provocative and incisive style. Never pulling his punches, Meades praises a moment in architecture he considers sublime and decries its detractors.

Ancient Worlds is about people and places, politics and economics, art and war, trade and technology, but above all it’s the story of the painful birth and difficult growth of a radical idea first tried and tested some six thousand years ago, and which we are still struggling with today; civilisation. Civilisation has not come easily; it’s something we’ve had to fight hard to achieve, and even harder to maintain, and the greatest threats to it have come from our own talents for destruction. But when we’ve managed to get it right, the benefits have been enormous. 　　When we talk about the ancient world we tend to think of rare and exotic artefacts or the monumental remains of epic architecture; but these are just the empty shells that got left behind when the tide of history turned! The living creatures, the civilisations, that once inhabited these shells were rarely if ever static or stately; they were dynamic, chaotic, and always threatening to spin out of control, because civilisation is based on an improbable idea; that strangers can live and work together in dense urban settings, forging new allegiances that replace the natural ties of family, clan or tribe. It’s an idea we’re still coming to terms with today, but one of the best ways to understand the challenges that are involved is to look at how our ancestors tackled them the first time around. 　　From ancient Iraq to Imperial Rome, Ancient Worlds examines how our ancestors struggled with the levers of religion and politics, art and culture, war and diplomacy, technology and trade in order to keep the complex machinery of their civilisations turning over. Their insights and blind-spots, their breakthroughs and dead ends, their triumphs and disasters are the milestones on the long and winding road that leads directly from their ancient to our modern world.

Ancient Worlds is about people and places, politics and economics, art and war, trade and technology, but above all it’s the story of the painful birth and difficult growth of a radical idea first tried and tested some six thousand years ago, and which we are still struggling with today; civilisation. Civilisation has not come easily; it’s something we’ve had to fight hard to achieve, and even harder to maintain, and the greatest threats to it have come from our own talents for destruction. But when we’ve managed to get it right, the benefits have been enormous. 　　When we talk about the ancient world we tend to think of rare and exotic artefacts or the monumental remains of epic architecture; but these are just the empty shells that got left behind when the tide of history turned! The living creatures, the civilisations, that once inhabited these shells were rarely if ever static or stately; they were dynamic, chaotic, and always threatening to spin out of control, because civilisation is based on an improbable idea; that strangers can live and work together in dense urban settings, forging new allegiances that replace the natural ties of family, clan or tribe. It’s an idea we’re still coming to terms with today, but one of the best ways to understand the challenges that are involved is to look at how our ancestors tackled them the first time around. 　　From ancient Iraq to Imperial Rome, Ancient Worlds examines how our ancestors struggled with the levers of religion and politics, art and culture, war and diplomacy, technology and trade in order to keep the complex machinery of their civilisations turning over. Their insights and blind-spots, their breakthroughs and dead ends, their triumphs and disasters are the milestones on the long and winding road that leads directly from their ancient to our modern world.

23 episode documentary, each focusing on one distinguished building and its architect, from the 19th and 20th centuries. 　　Season 1 　　-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 　　Season 1, Episode 1: Das Bauhaus in Dessau 　　Original Air Date: 2001 　　Who: Walter Gropius What: Staatliches Bauhaus, architecture school Where: Dessau, Germany. 　　Season 1, Episode 2: Die Architekurfakultät Porto 　　Original Air Date: 2001 　　Who: Álvaro Siza What: Porto's Faculty of Architecture Where: Porto, Portugal 　　Season 1, Episode 3: Das Familistère von Guise 　　Original Air Date: 2001 　　Who: Jean-Baptiste Godin What: The Familistère, a community settlement Where: Guise, France 　　Season 1, Episode 4: Nemausus 1 - Sozialer Wohnungsbau der 80er Jahre 　　Original Air Date: 2001 　　Who: Jean Nouvel What: Social housing complex Where: Nîmes, France 　　Season 1, Episode 5: Das Centre Georges Pompidou 　　Original Air Date: 2001 　　Who: Renzo Piano, Richard Rogers and Gianfranco Franchini What: Centre Georges Pompidou, cultural complex Where: Paris, France 　　Season 1, Episode 6: Die Postsparkasse Wien 　　Original Air Date: 2001 　　Who: Otto Wagner What: Post Office Savings Bank Where: Vienna, Austria 　　-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 　　Season 2 　　-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 　　Season 2, Episode 1: Das Villa Dall'Ava 　　Original Air Date: 2001 　　Who: Rem Koolhaas; What: Villa Dall'Ava, a single-family house; Where: Paris, France 　　Season 2, Episode 2: Das Johnson-Verwaltungsgebäude 　　Original Air Date: 2001 　　Who: Frank Lloyd Wright; What: Johnson Wax's headquarters; Where: Racine, Wisconsin, USA 　　Season 2, Episode 3: Die Galleria Umberto I 　　Original Air Date: 2001 　　Who: Emanuele Rocco; What: A commercial gallery; Where: Naples, Italy 　　Season 2, Episode 4: Satolas TGV - Der Bahnhof auf dem Land 　　Original Air Date: 2001 　　Who: Santiago Calatrava; What: TGV station; Where: Lyon, France 　　Season 2, Episode 5: Die Felsentherme von Vals 　　Original Air Date: 2001 　　Who: Peter Zumthor; What: Thermal baths; Where: Vals, Switzerland 　　Season 2, Episode 6: Die Pariser Kunsthochschule 　　Original Air Date: 2001 　　Who: Auguste Perret; What: Fine Art School; Where: Paris, France 　　-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 　　Season 3 　　-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 　　Season 3, Episode 1: Das jüdische Museum in Berlin 　　Original Air Date: 2003 　　Who: Daniel Libeskind; What: Jewish history Museum; Where: Berlin, Germany 　　Season 3, Episode 2: Die Pariser Opéra Garnier 　　Original Air Date: 2003 　　Who: Charles Garnier; What: Opera House; Where: Paris, France 　　Season 3, Episode 3: Das Kloster La Tourette 　　Original Air Date: 2003 　　Who: Le Corbusier; What: Dominican priory; Where: Lyon, France 　　Season 3, Episode 4: Die Casa Mila 　　Original Air Date: 2003 　　Who: Antoni Gaudí; What: Residential/touristic building; Where: Barcelona, Spain 　　Season 3, Episode 5: Auditorium Building 　　Original Air Date: 2003 　　Who: Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan; What: Home of the Roosevelt University; Where: Chicago, Illinois, USA 　　Season 3, Episode 6: Das Gemeindezentrum von Säynätsalo 　　Original Air Date: 2003 　　Who: Alvar Aalto; What: Municipal Center / Town Hall; Where: Säynätsalo, Finland 　　-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 　　Season 4 　　-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 　　Season 4, Episode 1: Die Saline von Arc-et-Senans 　　Original Air Date: 2005 　　Who: Claude-Nicolas Ledoux; What: Saltworks' buildings; Where: Besançon, France 　　Season 4, Episode 2: Das Glashaus 　　Original Air Date: 2005 　　Who: Phillip Johnson; What: Private House; Where: New Canaan, Connecticut, USA 　　Season 4, Episode 3: Bilbao Guggenheim Museum 　　Original Air Date: 2005 　　Who: Frank Gehry; What: Modern and contemporary art museum; Where: Bilbao, Spain 　　Season 4, Episode 4: Das Haus von Jean Prouvé 　　Original Air Date: 2005 　　Who: Jean Prouvé; What: Prefab house; Where: Presles, France 　　Season 4, Episode 5: Die Sendaï-Mediathek 　　Original Air Date: 2005 　　Who: Toyo Ito; What: Mediatheque; Where: Sendaï, Japan 　　Season 4, Episode 6: Die Abtei Sainte Foy de Conques 　　Original Air Date: 2005 　　Who: Prosper Merimée; What: Church; Where: Conques, France

23 episode documentary, each focusing on one distinguished building and its architect, from the 19th and 20th centuries. 　　Season 1 　　-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 　　Season 1, Episode 1: Das Bauhaus in Dessau 　　Original Air Date: 2001 　　Who: Walter Gropius What: Staatliches Bauhaus, architecture school Where: Dessau, Germany. 　　Season 1, Episode 2: Die Architekurfakultät Porto 　　Original Air Date: 2001 　　Who: Álvaro Siza What: Porto's Faculty of Architecture Where: Porto, Portugal 　　Season 1, Episode 3: Das Familistère von Guise 　　Original Air Date: 2001 　　Who: Jean-Baptiste Godin What: The Familistère, a community settlement Where: Guise, France 　　Season 1, Episode 4: Nemausus 1 - Sozialer Wohnungsbau der 80er Jahre 　　Original Air Date: 2001 　　Who: Jean Nouvel What: Social housing complex Where: Nîmes, France 　　Season 1, Episode 5: Das Centre Georges Pompidou 　　Original Air Date: 2001 　　Who: Renzo Piano, Richard Rogers and Gianfranco Franchini What: Centre Georges Pompidou, cultural complex Where: Paris, France 　　Season 1, Episode 6: Die Postsparkasse Wien 　　Original Air Date: 2001 　　Who: Otto Wagner What: Post Office Savings Bank Where: Vienna, Austria 　　-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 　　Season 2 　　-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 　　Season 2, Episode 1: Das Villa Dall'Ava 　　Original Air Date: 2001 　　Who: Rem Koolhaas; What: Villa Dall'Ava, a single-family house; Where: Paris, France 　　Season 2, Episode 2: Das Johnson-Verwaltungsgebäude 　　Original Air Date: 2001 　　Who: Frank Lloyd Wright; What: Johnson Wax's headquarters; Where: Racine, Wisconsin, USA 　　Season 2, Episode 3: Die Galleria Umberto I 　　Original Air Date: 2001 　　Who: Emanuele Rocco; What: A commercial gallery; Where: Naples, Italy 　　Season 2, Episode 4: Satolas TGV - Der Bahnhof auf dem Land 　　Original Air Date: 2001 　　Who: Santiago Calatrava; What: TGV station; Where: Lyon, France 　　Season 2, Episode 5: Die Felsentherme von Vals 　　Original Air Date: 2001 　　Who: Peter Zumthor; What: Thermal baths; Where: Vals, Switzerland 　　Season 2, Episode 6: Die Pariser Kunsthochschule 　　Original Air Date: 2001 　　Who: Auguste Perret; What: Fine Art School; Where: Paris, France 　　-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 　　Season 3 　　-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 　　Season 3, Episode 1: Das jüdische Museum in Berlin 　　Original Air Date: 2003 　　Who: Daniel Libeskind; What: Jewish history Museum; Where: Berlin, Germany 　　Season 3, Episode 2: Die Pariser Opéra Garnier 　　Original Air Date: 2003 　　Who: Charles Garnier; What: Opera House; Where: Paris, France 　　Season 3, Episode 3: Das Kloster La Tourette 　　Original Air Date: 2003 　　Who: Le Corbusier; What: Dominican priory; Where: Lyon, France 　　Season 3, Episode 4: Die Casa Mila 　　Original Air Date: 2003 　　Who: Antoni Gaudí; What: Residential/touristic building; Where: Barcelona, Spain 　　Season 3, Episode 5: Auditorium Building 　　Original Air Date: 2003 　　Who: Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan; What: Home of the Roosevelt University; Where: Chicago, Illinois, USA 　　Season 3, Episode 6: Das Gemeindezentrum von Säynätsalo 　　Original Air Date: 2003 　　Who: Alvar Aalto; What: Municipal Center / Town Hall; Where: Säynätsalo, Finland 　　-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 　　Season 4 　　-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 　　Season 4, Episode 1: Die Saline von Arc-et-Senans 　　Original Air Date: 2005 　　Who: Claude-Nicolas Ledoux; What: Saltworks' buildings; Where: Besançon, France 　　Season 4, Episode 2: Das Glashaus 　　Original Air Date: 2005 　　Who: Phillip Johnson; What: Private House; Where: New Canaan, Connecticut, USA 　　Season 4, Episode 3: Bilbao Guggenheim Museum 　　Original Air Date: 2005 　　Who: Frank Gehry; What: Modern and contemporary art museum; Where: Bilbao, Spain 　　Season 4, Episode 4: Das Haus von Jean Prouvé 　　Original Air Date: 2005 　　Who: Jean Prouvé; What: Prefab house; Where: Presles, France 　　Season 4, Episode 5: Die Sendaï-Mediathek 　　Original Air Date: 2005 　　Who: Toyo Ito; What: Mediatheque; Where: Sendaï, Japan 　　Season 4, Episode 6: Die Abtei Sainte Foy de Conques 　　Original Air Date: 2005 　　Who: Prosper Merimée; What: Church; Where: Conques, France

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