Dan Cruickshank's Marvels of the Modern Age (Documentary, English)
Status: Ended
Premiered: 2006-05-09
Ended: 2006-05-30
Network: BBC Two
Country: GB
Airs on: Tuesday
Air time: 21:00
Runtime: 60 minutes
Architectural historian and frequent BBC presenter Dan Cruickshank presents a four-part series tracing the tracing the roots of Modernism, focusing on pioneers of the movement such as Le Corbusier and Mies van der Rohe, who believed that many of society's ills could be cured by new buildings with new designs.