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BBC World celebrates buildings and designs around the globe in World’s Skylines today at 5.10 pm as it looks at architecture around the world. It goes through the history of tall buildings and examines the 14 medieval towers of San Gimignano in Italy’s Tuscany region as also the twentyfirst century’s Gherkin building that has become as important a landmark of London as St Paul’s Cathedral.
Presenter Alan Yentob examines the history of tall buildings. From their birth in New York and Chicago, the skyscrapers have reached a new high point in their evolution, thanks to two European giants of modern architecture: Le Corbusier and Mies van der Rohe whose impact has been felt across the globe, changing the skylines of countless cities, including Chandigarh. The programme looks skywards to examine some iconic buildings that are rapidly transforming cities across the world.
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