Dan Cruickshank's Adventures in Architecture poster

Basic Info

First Air: April 02, 2008

Rating: ⭐ 6.0/10 (1 votes)

Status: Ended

Seasons & Episodes

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 8

Last Episode

Name: Pleasure

Season: 1, Episode: 8

Air Date: 2008-05-21

Runtime: 60 min

Historian and writer Dan Cruickshank celebrates architecture as a creative force as he explores the world's greatest cities, buildings and monuments. Dan explores how architecture gives us pleasure, visiting the luxurious Taj hotel in India, a fantasy castle in Germany, and the hedonist surrounds of an ancient Pompeii brothel. Finally, Dan explores the Villa Barbaro, one of the world's most beautiful country houses where pleasure was deemed to be created by perfect architecture.