Travelling along the Pacific North West coastline from LA to Vancouver, the film showcases the pioneers of West Coast Modernist Architecture, and the homes that have become their legacies. Stepping inside the most inspired dwellings on the west coast, we feel how the light and space of a classic ...

"Concrete Landscape" explores the emotional connection between celebrated architect Álvaro Siza and Brazil, as he discusses the design of the Iberê Camargo Foundation Museum in Porto Alegre, while showcasing his other famous works, and the exhibition "Fio de Ariadne" that reflects on the future o...

The film follows the story of Jadwiga Grabowska-Hawrylak, a visionary architect who designed a concrete estate in Wrocław, Poland during the 1970s under Soviet occupation. Her work is now considered an icon of social modernism, and the film takes us on a journey to observe the estate's impact aft...

Located in the small coastal village of Walkerville, 2.5hours south east of Melbourne, architect Imogen Puller has designed a simple 30sqm beach shack with adaptable spaces, multifunctional furniture, and ample storage.

On the Costa Blanca, 2 hours' drive away from Valencia, the Vivood hotel, located at the heart of the Guadalest valley and its protected historical Heritage, stands out with a design that is both unique and respectful of the environment.

8 architects, 8 houses, 8 stories, 8 paradigms of contemporary living. The diary of an exploration into the houses and private spaces of 8 protagonists of world architecture: Shigeru Ban, Mario Bellini, David Chipperfield, Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas, Zaha Hadid, Marcio Kogan, Daniel Libeskin...

One of Britain’s most avid drawers, Catherine Hennessy can never resist scribbling down an idea or a sight she sees from the bus. As a result, her workshop is a treasure trove of diaries, books, sketchbooks and scraps that are the product of a life spent drawing.

A riot of vibrant colours and q...

The Proposal follows conceptual artist Jill Magid as she develops a radical project to explore artistic legacy. At its heart is the work of the Pritzker Prize-winning Mexican architect Luis Barragán, which is aggressively “protected” and kept from the public by its copyright holders.

By cultiva...

In the episode "My City: Amsterdam" Dunkl visits the well-known Dutch colleague Ben van Berkel in Amsterdam, a luminary of contemporary architecture. Together they explore the city where van Berkel lives and works, exploring both famous and lesser-known buildings, places and spaces: from the Muse...

Copenhagen is teeming with original public spaces and buildings. Dunkl first visits a colorful square with art objects from all over the world. There, he discusses with artist Björnstjerne Christiansen the identification that the square provides. In the architectural office of BIG Dunkl meets Jak...

Told by Charles Berling, the film juxtaposes the director’s experience as an adolescent growing up in the biggest project ever built by Le Corbusier in Europe, in Firminy, France with insights from several contemporary artists on the work of Le Corbusier.

Three major sites of Le Corbusier’s work...

Unlike many architects, the work of a landscape architect can take many decades to realise, as trees grow and the landscape matures. Therefore, for landscape architect Kim Wilkie, the sketch is not only a window into the future but also an opportunity for the designer to capture the essence of a
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An exercise in achieving the feeling of generosity within a house footprint that is relatively small, modest in size, but big on the way you feel when you are inside the space. The house enriches the experience of the occupants by creating spaces that have a connection to the outside courtyard an...

Spending a considerable amount on an apartment in Singapore’s highly competitive property market and handing over complete control to an architect to interpret your vision into a home you’re prepared to live in for the foreseeable future takes a lot of trust.

40 buildings by the Austro-American architect Rudolph Schindler from the years 1931 to 1952. Schindler’s pioneering work in Southern California is the cornerstone of a branch of modern architecture.
The Austrian-American architect Rudolph Schindler (1887-1953) worked with Louis Sullivan and Frank...

Nothing was removed by the design team in the creation of this apartment in Bukit Panjang, Singapore. Instead, Architect Woon Chung Yen from METRE Architects opted to add several custom elements. The most prominent new piece being a single sloped gradient containing a bed, a sofa, a working/ dini...

Set inside a 1970’s building and untouched for 50 years, Nicholas Gurney and his clients wanted to create something open, light and airy whilst retaining the 1960’s and early 1970’s retro sensibility.

Located 2000 kilometres from the Amazon and 18 hours from Rio, the city of Brasília - the capital of Brazil - is a mythical place: a concrete utopia born out of the desert. In 1956 at the rebirth of Brazilian democracy, visionary architect Oscar Niemeyer and urbanist Lúcio Costa invented an urba...

City Dreamers is a film about our changing urban environment and four trailblazing women architects who have s been working, observing and thinking about the transformations shaping the cities of today and tomorrow for over 70 years.

Phyllis Lambert, Blanche Lemco van Ginkel, Cornelia Hahn Ob...

Director Danny Berish and built environment researcher David Fell answer all your questions about biophilic housing and concepts discussed in the film "Outside In". Hosted by Andrew Spicer (Follies).