# The Art of Architecture

"The Art of Architecture" is a British factual documentary series broadcast in the United Kingdom on Sky Arts. It aired a first series in 2019, a second in 2021, and a third in 2022, as well as two specials in 2020. Each of its episodes makes a study of a piece of new architecture or restoration, showing how they were inspired, designed and brought to fruition, with a profile of the architect or firm which created it. The Art of Architecture is directed and narrated by Alastair Layzell and the architectural consultant is Marcus Binney.
The title was previously used for a mini-series of three episodes in 1960 presented by Kenneth Clark, entitled The Good Old Rules, The Age of the Spaceman and The Architecture We Deserve.

## Episodes

| Episode | Original air date | Featured structure | Architect |
| 1.1 | 25 July 2019 | World Trade Center Transportation Hub | Santiago Calatrava |
| 1.2 | 1 August 2019 | Battersea Power Station redevelopment | Jim Eyre |
| 1.3 | 8 August 2019 | V&A Dundee | Kengo Kuma |
| 1.4 | 15 August 2019 | Vessel | Thomas Heatherwick |
| 1.5 | 22 August 2019 | Weston Tower, Westminster Abbey | Ptolemy Dean |
| 1.6 | 29 August 2019 | Macallan Distillery | Graham Stirk |
| 1.7 | 5 September 2019 | Smithsonian National Museum of African American History | David Adjaye |
| 1.8 | 12 September 2019 | Design Museum, Kensington | John Pawson |
| 1.9 | 19 September 2019 | John Simpson's house | John Simpson |
| 1.10 | 26 September 2019 | Alexandra Palace theatre restoration | Matt Somerville |
| Special | 23 September 2020 | Great Opera Houses of the World La Fenice, Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía, Garsington Opera | Aldo Rossi, Santiago Calatrava, Robin Snell |
| Special | 30 September 2020 | Great Museums of the World Museum of Arts and Sciences, Beyeler Foundation, Vitra Design Museum | Santiago Calatrava, Frank Gehry, Renzo Piano |
| 2.1 | 5 February 2021 | Bee'ah Headquarters, Sharjah | Zaha Hadid |
| 2.2 | 12 February 2021 | Cambridge Central Mosque | Marks Barfield |
| 2.3 | 19 February 2021 | Lambeth Palace Library and Archives | Wright & Wright |
| 2.4 | 26 February 2021 | New Music School, King's College School | Michael and Patty Hopkins |
| 2.5 | 5 March 2021 | Andermatt Concert Hall | Christina Seilern |
| 2.6 | 9 March 2021 | Island Rest, Hampshire | Magnus Strom |
| 2.7 | 16 March 2021 | Holy Trinity Church, Paris | Jean-Michel Wilmotte |
| 2.8 | 23 March 2021 | Southern Cross station, Melbourne | Nicholas Grimshaw |
| 2.9 | 30 March 2021 | Palais de Justice, Paris | Renzo Piano |
| 2.10 | 7 April 2021 | Expo 2020 | Various |
| 3.1 | 11 April 2022 | Narbo Via, Narbonne | Norman Foster |
| 3.2 | 18 April 2022 | Holocaust Monument of Names, Amsterdam | Daniel Libeskind |
| 3.3 | 25 April 2022 | The Shed, New York City | Liz Diller |
| 3.4 | 2 May 2022 | House In The Cotswolds | Yiangou Architects |
| 3.5 | 9 May 2022 | Smith House, Nova Scotia | Brian McKay Lyons |
| 3.6 | 16 May 2022 | Wild Reindeer Pavilion, Norway | Kjetil Thorsen |
| 3.7 | 23 May 2022 | Serpentine Pavilion, London | Sumayya Valley |
| 3.8 | 30 May 2022 | Library At Magdalene College, Cambridge | Niall McLaughlin |
| 3.9 | 6 June 2022 | Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin | David Chipperfield |
| 3.10 | 13 June 2022 | Turkey, Foster+Partners | Dolunay Villa |