Columns and Gables
The second of ten films about contemporary architecture which looks at the controversial 'postmodernisation', represented by Philip Johnson 's mammoth AT and T building in New York, Graves's building in Oregon, Isozaki's Civic
Centre in Japan, and the new Stuttgart museum by James Stirling. Recent factories designed by Rogers and Foster epitomise 'hi-tech'. Richard Meier's Atlanta Museum represents a reinterpretation of the 'modern movement'. The skyscraper, living through a multitude of mutations, reinvested with a wit and daring reminiscent of its earliest incarnations. Joining the debate are
James Stirling , Philip Johnson Richard Rogers , Norman Foster , Richard Meier and Ada Louise Huxtable
Narrated by Andrew Sachs Associate producer ROGER LAST Written and produced by PETER ADAM (R)