Barcelona with Robert Hughes - ACE241.6

Night-time street scene. Transsexual prostitutes. Night scenes of building the Olympic Village. Aerial view of Arata Isozaki’s covered Sant Jordi stadium on Montjuïc. Roadworks, and view of the the Mirador di Colón. Aerial view and tracking shots of the waterfront area where the Olympic Village is being built.
Supervising architect, Oriol Bohigas, explains what the site was like before building started. Building works. The new harbour area. Bohigas talks to Hughes about post-Olympic plans for the tower blocks. Views of the new developments, and waterside shots. Ceramic copies of "Cobi", the Olympic emblem, coming off a production line.
Other representations of Cobi in cartoon form, on advertising hoardings, etc. Night-time street scenes. Interior shots of the Torres de Avila night-club, designed by Javier Mariscal. Traffic scenes. Hughes returning to the airport. Prat Airport exteriors. Airport interiors, designed by architect Ricardo Bofill, with Hughes explaining its design faults. Credits