Structurally built around 4 shipping containers this project was always about economy, efficiency and how to do as much as possible on a very limited budget. The client’s conviction from the outset was that good architecture does not need to be expensive, and this project attempts to prove the th...

Newly born architecture firm, Colboc Franzen & Associates excels in constructing public buildings, offices, and private houses. Especially if they're very private. In the Parisian suburbs, the R house makes its mark. And it surely does not resemble the neighbouring houses, especially with its
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With the participation of famed architects such as Frank Gehry, Daniel Libeskind and Zaha Hadid, Peter Eisenman: Making Architecture Move provides an intimate look into the work of the daring and controversial creator. Filmed in the U.S. and Germany, Eisenman takes the viewer through several of h...

This week, Podge and Jo Ussher want to turn their Wexford cottage from a holiday home into their permanent home without sacrificing any of its 1930s charm. Their house needs a lot of work. They don't have a proper kitchen or dining room. When their grandchildren visit it gets really cramped so th...

Valérie Barkowski has lived in Russia, but today she also lives in her homeland, Belgium, and in India, where her "Bandit Queen" linen line is produced, for which she is the artistic director. A third home is found in Morocco where we delve inside.

In the first episode of Design Doctors, the team have to blend two styles to create a look both husband and wife are happy with. Because the couple has two very different aesthetics, with Brendan liking more masculine pieces such as leather armchairs, and Samantha having a passion for pastels, th...

Filmed in 2011 at the fourth conference on materials in architecture and engineering at Columbia University, Permanent Change looks at the history and development of plastic within the architectural world. Addressing a number of factors including design, engineering and form, lecturers present a ...

Who knows that the GPS in our cars uses complex algorithms based on the behavior and movement of ants ? The Animal optimization systems are, in fact, new models to solve mathematical problems.