Architectures

  • Premiered: Sep 1996
  • Episodes: 71
  • Followers: 4
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Season 7
7x1
VitraHaus
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 03, 2011
In 2006, the company VITRA asked the "Herzog & de Meuron" agency to create a building for its "HOME" collection. The showroom consists of a pile of 12 houses slotted together to produce surprising spaces.
7x2
The Igualada Cemetery
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 10, 2011
In Spain, the dead are not buried but stacked in niches. The Igualada Cemetery is a surprising project, and a strong example of the merging of 20th century architecture and landscape.
7x3
The Citadel of Lille
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 16, 2011
"Queen of the citadels" was the model for military constructions all over France. Built between 1668 and 1671, its exacting and simple design has made it a source of inspiration for major contemporary architects.
7x4
The Sainte-Geneviève Library
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 30, 2011
Breaking away from the 19th century neoclassical trend, Henri Labrouste erected a powerful public building, in which stone featured alongside a material that was used prominently and was .. show full overview
7x5
The Church of Notre-Dame du Raincy
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 13, 2011
In an country ruined by World War 1, Auguste Perret took up the challenge of building a church. In concrete. It was a shunned material, used hitherto exclusively in industrial .. show full overview
7x6 Season finale
Ewha, the Seoul Hidden University
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 05, 2011
With this building, Dominique Perrault continues a concept that is dear to him: the absence of architecture. The urban dimension and the way the surrounding land is organised prevail over the construction. The landscape supplants the architecture.

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