The background. British modern architecture before Stirling and Gowan / Alan Powers ; Stirling before Leicester / Robert Maxwell -- The red trilogy. Understanding the Engineering Department, Leicester / John McKean and Alan Berman ; Understanding the History Faculty, Cambridge / William Fawcett ; Understanding the Florey Building, Oxford / Alan Berman ; Building the future : challenges and failures of post-war technology / Alan Berman -- 'Why do architects love these buildings?' Eva Jiřičná ; Mark Cannata ; Richard Rogers ; Alan Stanton ; Will Alsop ; Norman Foster ; Sunand Prasad ; Richard MacCormac ; Peter Ahrends ; Ian Ritchie ; John Tuomey ; Peter St John ; Ted Cullinan ; M.J. Long ; Edward Jones ; Spencer de Grey ; Glenn Howells ; Bob Allies ; Patrick Lynch ; Graham Haworth ; Shane de Blacam ; John Allan ; Sarah Wigglesworth ; David Kohn -- A difficult reconciliation / Alan Berman.