First transmitted in 1986, a look at how some young architects are reacting against modernist sterility with an exuberant return to traditional forms. For decades it has seemed as if our architectural legacy to the future will be the squalor and ugliness of the modem city. After years of dictating the look of the environment, a kind of infamy is now attached to architecture. But at last there are signs of hope - architects are learning from the mistakes of the past. An adventurous new spirit has produced new shapes and forms. Architects are no longer afraid to use colour and ornament, and throughout the world the bland and monotonous are beginning to be replaced by the bold and exuberant. This programme introduces the distinctive work of three young architectural groups who have done much to make architecture acceptable: Team Zoo from Tokyo, Arquitectonica from Miami and Helmut Jahn from Chicago, with contributions from 1. M. Pei , Philip Johnson Richard Meier , James Stirling and Richard Rogers.