Dan Cruickshank's Adventures in Architecture
Dan examines buildings as the physical embodiments of dreams.
Dan examines buildings as the physical embodiments of dreams.
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Fiona Bruce visits Windsor Castle, the world's oldest and largest inhabited castle.
Fiona Bruce visits Buckingham Palace and learns of its long history.
Edward I stormed through Wales in response to rebellion, building a trail of castles.
How castles were attacked and the weapons used: the catapult, the ballistra and trebouchet.
Thomas Moore and many others 'confessed' during the time they spent at the Tower of London
Based around Chateau Gaillard, is Richard the Lionheart's impenetrable fortress.
The myth of Dracula was built around the equally noxious character Vladd III.
Rochester castle was besieged by King John in a unique manner involving pig fat.
People from the humblest beginnings could attain great fortune via the wheel of fortune.
The story of the young peasant girl who led the French army to victory.
Deceitful goings on at Ludlow Castle led to its eventual fall.
The story of Edward II and his fate can be told around three castles.
Dan visits buildings created for pleasure, including the luxurious Taj hotel in India.
Dan examines buildings as the physical embodiments of dreams.
Dan Cruickshank examines buildings as gigantic statements of power.
Dan finds out why some communal buildings succeed where others fail.
Dan Cruickshank explores buildings shaped and threatened by disaster.
Dan travels to Turkey's Suleymaniye Mosque, a building that evokes the gates of paradise.
In the Czech Republic, Dan reveals the macabre tale of a chapel decorated with human bones
A look at the business of high-end hotels, where guests want out-of-this world service.
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