Dan Cruickshank's Adventures in Architecture

Beauty

Documentary Apr 1, 2008 50 min BBC Select

Available on Prime Video, BBC Select

S1 E1: What makes a building beautiful? In this fascinating documentary, historian Dan Cruickshank explores how humanity has created incredible beauty through architecture. He travels to Greenland to build an igloo, creating an architectural form that is under threat due to climate change. In China he scales the world's biggest Buddha and deciphers a temple in India rich with erotic images.

Documentary Apr 1, 2008 50 min BBC Select

TV-MA

Information

Released: 2008
Run Time: 50 min
Rated: TV-MA
Region of Origin: United Kingdom

Languages

Original Audio: English, English (United Kingdom)
Audio and Subtitles: English (United Kingdom) (AAC, CC)

Accessibility

: Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.