How Buildings Learn

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  • Premiered: Jul 1997
  • Episodes: 6
  • Followers: 0
  • Ended
  • BBC Two
  • Thursday at 19
  • Documentary

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Season 1
1x1
Flow
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 10, 1997
In the first episode, Stewart Brand takes a look at some famous buildings... and the problems hidden behind their impressive façades.
1x2
The Low Road
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 17, 1997
Stewart Brand looks at the unsung heroes of architecture - cheap, unpretentious buildings, and their inherently malleable qualities.
1x3
Built for Change
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 24, 1997
This episode looks at people who have built their own homes and property and the difference between them and the often stubborn nature of "planned" living.
1x4
Unreal Estate
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 31, 1997
This episode examines the gap between seeing buildings as either a home or an asset.
1x5
The Romance of Maintenance
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 07, 1997
This episode looks at how the unromantic role of maintenance plays a crucial part in shaping whether a building stands the test of time, as well as looking at the roles materials play in the way buildings adapt.
1x6 Show finale
Shearing Layers
Episode overview
Air date
Aug 14, 1997
The final episode looks at how the component parts of a building adapt and change over time in order to suit the changing world.

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