The design of a building can produce a bold statement, define an era and change people’s relationship to the environment around them. Skyscrapers are the ultimate symbol of the economic forces of the 20th and 21st century. Since the first skyscrapers were erected in Chicago at the end of the 19th century, man has been in a continual race to build ever higher skywards.
We learn about the towering buildings of the great financial centres of London and New York before turning to the Far East and the Petronas Towers and Building 101. Some of the most innovative, iconic architecture in recent decades has been devoted to buildings for the arts, such as the Sydney Opera House, Paris’ Louvre Pyramid and Frank Gehry’s Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao.
At times, natural circumstances have transpired so that whole cities have sprung up at once, creating a snapshot of a design trend, such as Art Deco Miami. Today, a premium is set on designer living, with the emphasis on designer hotels and hip hangouts across the world, as we discover.
Credits
NARRATOR
SAMI SABITI
TRAVELLERS
KT COMER
CHARLIE LUXTON
MEGAN McCORMICK
JUSTINE SHAPIRO
IAN WRIGHT
TITLES
LIQUID TV
GRAPHICS
PAUL PLOWMAN
SQUARE ZERO
TITLE MUSIC
JON WYGENS
ADDITIONAL MUSIC
MICHAEL CONN
THE INSECTS
JESPER MATTSSON
JONATHAN & NINA MILES
DANIEL PEMBERTON
MAKO SAKOMOTTO
JON WYGENS
FACILITIES
ZERO DB
THE VOICE & MUSIC COMPANY
ON LINE EDITOR
DUBBING MIXER
CHRIS MORRIS
PRODUCTION ACCOUNTANTS
LOUISE BEGLEY
RIAZ HOODA
MICHELE LONERGAN
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT
JOE STEEL
PRODUCTION CO-ORDINATOR
AMISHA SOLANKI
PRODUCTION MANAGER
MEL MOORE
SOUND
CALLUM BULMER
JOHN MYERS DAVISON
JEREMY IRELAND
MATTHEW JACKSON
JOHN McNICHOLAS
TREVOR MOORE
SALLY NIBLETT
CHAN LIAN THONG
TONY PARKINSON
CHRIS PICKHAVER
CHRIS WALKER
CAMERA
GEORGINA BURRELL
ROBERT CALLWAY
TERRY CHUA
BRAD DILLON
ADAM HALL
NIGEL KINNINGS
TIM KNIGHT
PIERS LEIGH
DAVE MARSH
DAVE MILLER
LYNN MITCHELL
SIMON NIBLETT
ORLANDO STUART
ALEX TAN
WILLIAM TENG
SCOTT WELSH
SEGMENT PRODUCERS
PIERRE BAIRIN
LUCY DAVIE
NEVILLE FARMER
JACQUELINE FRANK
LORA GALANTINI
MELVYN GOH
ANGELA JAIN
DEBBIE MARROW
BENITA MATOFSKA
BINDU MATHUR
MEGAN McCORMICK
MARIE-LAURE VIGNERON
DIRECTORS
GETHIN ALDOUS
DOMINIC ALLAN
CARL HINDMARCH
CAIUS JULYAN
BINDU MATHUR
PAUL McGUIGAN
IAN SCIACALUGA
PETER WISDOM
NAVIN THAPAR
NICK CORY-WRIGHT
SERIES EDITOR
LUKE THOMPSON
EDIT PRODUCER
LUCY DAVIE
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
IAN CROSS
PILOT FILM AND TELEVISION PRODUCTIONS
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