Link to Dan Cruickshank's Adventures in Architecture: Disaster documentary
Documentary Description
Historian and writer Dan Cruickshank celebrates the creative force of
architecture as he explores the world's greatest cities, buildings and
monuments. Dan explores buildings shaped and threatened by disaster. He
risks his life to visit the Minaret of Jam in Afghanistan, a monument to
peace and tolerance in the midst of a war zone. San Francisco is
preparing for a cataclysmic earthquake - what role can architecture play
in saving lives? And Dan reveals the tragic tale of Palmyra in Syria.