Dan Cruickshank's Adventures in Architecture
# Dan Cruickshank's Adventures in Architecture

Dan Cruickshank's Adventures in Architecture is a BBC series first aired on BBC Two in April 2008 in which British architectural historian Dan Cruickshank travels around the world visiting what he considers to be the world's most unusual and interesting buildings, structures and sites. In Australia, the programme was broadcast on ABC1 from 28 May 2009.

| Country | Site | Image | Country | Site | Image |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Episode 1 – Beauty | Episode 1 – Beauty | Episode 1 – Beauty | Episode 2 – Death | Episode 2 – Death | Episode 2 – Death |
| Greenland | Igloo | | Egypt | Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut | |
| China | Leshan Giant Buddha | | Czech Republic | Sedlec Ossuary | |
| Russia | Catherine Palace | | Guatemala | Yaxha | |
| India | Konark Sun Temple | | Italy | Cimitero monumentale di Staglieno | |
| France | Albi Cathedral | | India | Varanasi | |
| Episode 3 – Paradise | Episode 3 – Paradise | Episode 3 – Paradise | Episode 4 – Disaster | Episode 4 – Disaster | Episode 4 – Disaster |
| Egypt | Saint Catherine's Monastery | | Germany | Dresden | |
| China | Hanging Monastery of Heng Shan | | Syria | Palmyra | |
| Turkey | Süleymaniye Mosque | | United States | San Francisco earthquake defences | |
| Russia | Kizhi | | Afghanistan | Minaret of Jam | |
| India | Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple | | | | |
| Episode 5 – Connections | Episode 5 – Connections | Episode 5 – Connections | Episode 6 – Power | Episode 6 – Power | Episode 6 – Power |
| Brazil | Brasília | | Romania | Palace of the Parliament | |
| Syria | Damascus | | Syria | Marqab Castle | |
| United States | Rockefeller Center | | United States | Evergreen Plantation | |
| India | Dharavi | | Turkey | Topkapı Harem | |
| | | | Kazakhstan | Astana | |
| Episode 7 – Dreams | Episode 7 – Dreams | Episode 7 – Dreams | Episode 8 – Pleasure | Episode 8 – Pleasure | Episode 8 – Pleasure |
| Yemen | Shibam | | India | Taj Mahal Palace | |
| Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo | | Germany | Neuschwanstein | |
| United States | Eastern State Penitentiary | | Italy | Pompeii | |
| Bhutan | Thimphu | | Brazil | Teatro Amazonas | |
| | | | Italy | Villa Barbaro | |

## Companion book

* Cruickshank, Dan (3 April 2008). Adventures in Architecture. Weidenfeld & Nicolson (hardcover). ISBN 978-0-297-84444-0.
