Architectures
Architecture, often referred to as "the mother of all arts" can be scrolled below and includes the work of many of the great contempory architects including Frank Lloyd Wright, Louis Sullivan, Nathaniel Kahn and Le Cobusier. Now more than ever do Christchurch folk need to be exposed to the rebuild possibilities. Prepare to be inspired...
Grand Designs: Series 4 (2004)
5.7/10
Starring: Kevin McCloud
In this 4th series, design expert Kevin McCloud tells the stories of 7 new ambitious design projects and the people who built them. Amongst the blue-p... Read more
Grand Designs: Series 5 (2006)
8.5/10
Starring: Kevin McCloud
Designer and writer Kevin McCloud returns with a fifth series following Britain's most ambitious and astonishing house building or rebuilding projects... Read more
Eames: The Architect and the Painter (2011)
7.2/10
Director: Jason Cohn, Bill Jersey
Design history was born in a cavernous warehouse on a gritty street in Venice Beach, California, where Charles and Ray Eames set up their Renaissance-... Read more
First Earth: Uncompromising Ecological Architecture (2009)
7.6/10
Director: David Sheen
'First Earth' is a documentary about the movement towards a massive paradigm shift for shelter - building healthy houses in the old ways, out of the v... Read more
City Of Dreams (2005)
8.2/10
Director: Ruby Ofori, Edward Scott
Inspired by Mussolini's dream of recreating the Roman Empire in Africa, Asmara is the site of some 400 or so architecturally significant buildings whi... Read more
Architectures 5 (2007)
Director: Frederic Compain, Richard Copans, Stan Neumann
Another instalment in the extraordinary 'Architectures' series that gives background and insight into the world's most revered human-made structures.... Read more
The Architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright (2008)
Director: Murray Grigor
A sumptuous and comprehensive survey of Frank Lloyd Wright's life and career, from his apprenticeship with Louis Sullivan in Chicago to his final days... Read more
Grand Designs: Trade Secrets - Series 1 and 2 (2007)
8.5/10
Starring: Kevin McCloud
Kevin McCloud is joined by interior design guru Naomi Cleaver, award winning architect Deborah Saunt and architecture critic Tom Dyckhoff as they shar... Read more
Alchemy of Building (2006)
Swiss architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron were awarded the 2001 Pritzker Prize, their profession's highest honour, for combining "the artis... Read more
Grand Designs: Series 7 (2008)
8.5/10
Starring: Kevin McCloud
The 7th series of Grand Designs features seven couples bravely embarking on the adventure of a lifetime - building their own homes. There are wrangles... Read more