Modern architecture has revived the concept of the open 'galleria' and the 'atrium'. All over the world the traditional town square is giving way to the pedestrian precinct and the shopping mall. The hotel lobby has assumed epic proportions, become a public meeting-place. Museums are no longer monumental temples that house the treasures of the past. From Atlanta to Stuttgart, Tokyo to Paris, leading architects are transforming the museum into a welcoming environment where people can relax, enjoy art, participate in events, wander at leisure. This programme features the Washington Gallery Extension by I. M. Pei , the Galleria in Dallas, the dazzling Trump Tower in New York and spectacular new hotels in Qatar, Tokyo and America. These radical changes in public places are discussed by 1. M. Pei , Richard Rogers , Philip Johnson , Ada Louise Huxtable and John Portman. Narrator ANDREW SACHS