Synopsis
Dan Cruickshank explores the original House of Commons.
- Programme: Britain's Greatest Buildings
- Series: 1
- Episode: The Palace of Westminster
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2017
- Building & Construction | Construction Technology and Design
Licence: ERA Licence required
UK only
Staff and students of licensed education establishments only
Cannot be adapted
Add Notes
More clips from Britain's Greatest Buildings
Entrances of the Palace of Westminster | Britain's Greatest Buildings
Entrances of the Palace of Westminster | Britain's Greatest Buildings
Dan Cruickshank explains how the Palace of Westminster was designed around its four main entrances.
Heating and ventilating the Palace of Westminster | Britain's Greatest Buildings
Heating and ventilating the Palace of Westminster | Britain's Greatest Buildings
Dan Cruickshank describes the heating and ventilation issues the Palace of Westminster posed...
Entrances of the Palace of Westminster | Britain's Greatest Buildings
Entrances of the Palace of Westminster | Britain's Greatest Buildings
Dan Cruickshank explains how the Palace of Westminster was designed around its four main entrances.
Heating and ventilating the Palace of Westminster | Britain's Greatest Buildings
Heating and ventilating the Palace of Westminster | Britain's Greatest Buildings
Dan Cruickshank describes the heating and ventilation issues the Palace of Westminster posed...
Entrances of the Palace of Westminster | Britain's Greatest Buildings
Entrances of the Palace of Westminster | Britain's Greatest Buildings
Dan Cruickshank explains how the Palace of Westminster was designed around its four main entrances.
Heating and ventilating the Palace of Westminster | Britain's Greatest Buildings
Heating and ventilating the Palace of Westminster | Britain's Greatest Buildings
Dan Cruickshank describes the heating and ventilation issues the Palace of Westminster posed...
Entrances of the Palace of Westminster | Britain's Greatest Buildings
Entrances of the Palace of Westminster | Britain's Greatest Buildings
Dan Cruickshank explains how the Palace of Westminster was designed around its four main entrances.
Heating and ventilating the Palace of Westminster | Britain's Greatest Buildings
Heating and ventilating the Palace of Westminster | Britain's Greatest Buildings
Dan Cruickshank describes the heating and ventilation issues the Palace of Westminster posed...
More resources about Building and Construction
1: Safety | Engineering Craft Studies
1: Safety | Engineering Craft Studies
This week's programme emphasises the importance of safety, paramount to any engineering projects.
10: Cutting Tools | Engineering Craft Studies
10: Cutting Tools | Engineering Craft Studies
Cutting tools, a closer look.
11: Electricity at Work | Engineering Craft Studies
11: Electricity at Work | Engineering Craft Studies
Engineering series for schools and colleges.
12: Using Electricity | Engineering Craft Studies
12: Using Electricity | Engineering Craft Studies
A look at how electricity is used in engineering.
15: Keeping In Place | Engineering Craft Studies
15: Keeping In Place | Engineering Craft Studies
Engineering series for schools and colleges narrated by Paul Barnes.
16: Joining: Welding and Soldering | Engineering Craft Studies
16: Joining: Welding and Soldering | Engineering Craft Studies
Thermal methods of joining materials together.
17: Joining: Fastening | Engineering Craft Studies
17: Joining: Fastening | Engineering Craft Studies
This week looks at Joining and fastening.
18: Joining: Adhesives | Engineering Craft Studies
18: Joining: Adhesives | Engineering Craft Studies
Adhesives now have a wide application in industry. How do they work and where are they used?
19: Combining the Principles | Engineering Craft Studies
19: Combining the Principles | Engineering Craft Studies
This series consists of the visual teaching of principles, workshop demonstrations and examples of the practical app...
2: Using Materials | Engineering Craft Studies
2: Using Materials | Engineering Craft Studies
A look at the properties of different materials for use in engineering,
20: Process of Engineering Production | Engineering Craft Studies
20: Process of Engineering Production | Engineering Craft Studies
This week's programme looks at the process of engineering production.
3: Bridges | World's Most Extreme
3: Bridges | World's Most Extreme
The 10 most extreme bridges on Earth: from Nepal and Japan to Bolivia and Russia, bridges that demonstrate extreme engineering and stand in...
3: Changing the Properties | Engineering Craft Studies
3: Changing the Properties | Engineering Craft Studies
This week's programme looks at the importance of getting the right properties for your engineering project.
3D photography | Scotland from the Sky
3D photography | Scotland from the Sky
During the RAF's post-war photographic mapping project, they would take two pictures from slightly different angles and if side-lined ...
5: Properties And Grain Structures | Engineering Craft Studies
5: Properties And Grain Structures | Engineering Craft Studies
This week's programme looks at the properties inherent in the grain structure of metals.
5: Railways | World's Most Extreme
5: Railways | World's Most Extreme
From awesome engineering to extreme environments and thrill-seeking train-surfers and from the high-tech to the home-made, these are the 1...
6: Heat Production And Measurement | Engineering Craft Studies
6: Heat Production And Measurement | Engineering Craft Studies
Engineering series for schools and colleges narrated by Paul Barnes.
7: Forces And Moments | Engineering Craft Studies
7: Forces And Moments | Engineering Craft Studies
The engineering series for schools and colleges continues with a look at forces and momentum.
8: Stress and Strain | Engineering Craft Studies
8: Stress and Strain | Engineering Craft Studies
A look at the way materials behave under the action of external forces.
9: Material Removal: Principles | Engineering Craft Studies
9: Material Removal: Principles | Engineering Craft Studies
This week's programme uses a slow-motion camera to look at the way in which cutting tools remove material.