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January 15, 1991

Series 3

A 12-part series of personal reflections on 20th-century architecture

01. Boeing 747

Architect, Sir Norman Foster, looks at the jumbo jet.

January 15, 1991

02. Didcot Power Station

Writer Marina Warner is inspired by Didcot Power Station in Oxfordshire.

January 22, 1991

03. Lloyds of London

Artist Michael Craig-Martin marvels at Lloyds of London.

January 29, 1991

04. Trellick Tower

Architect Sand Helsel applauds Trellick Tower, a 1967 tower block in north London by Erno Goldfinger.

February 5, 1991

05. St Mary's Hospital

Sandy Naime, director of visual arts at the Arts Council, looks at St Mary's, a new NHS hospital on the Isle of Wight by Ahrends, Burton and Koralek.

February 12, 1991

06. Michelin Building

Tessa Blackstone, Master of Birkbeck College, University of London, praises the Michelin building in London.

March 5, 1991

07. Court House

Court House in Truro, Cornwall is admired by the artist Deanna Petherbridge.

March 12, 1991

08. Leicester University Engineering Building

Leicester University Engineering Building is one of only a few buildings that have had a powerful effect on structural engineer Tim MacFarlane: 'For me, this building is a work of art.'

March 19, 1991

09. St Olaf House

To Alice Rawsthorn, design correspondent of The Financial Times, St Olaf House (1931) is 'a little island of art deco splendour tucked away between the south bank of the River Thames and the railway arches of London Bridge. It's one of those quirky places, where everything down to the tiniest detail was designed in a very particular way.'

March 26, 1991

10. Garden House

Film director and artist Derek Jarman visits Garden House in Wimborne, Dorset, built by his art master Robin Noscoe.

April 2, 1991

11. County Arcade

Alan Bennett wanders through the County Arcade, Leeds (Frank Matcham 1900).

April 9, 1991

12. Boarbank Hall Oratory

Architect Richard MacCormac marvels at the Boarbank Hall Oratory near Grange over Sands, Cumbria.

April 16, 1991