Filmed at locations throughout Europe and North America, this series offers a wide-ranging survey of historical and contemporary residential architecture, from reinterpretations of classical ideals to designs that push the boundaries of modernity. Noted architects, as well as architectural critics and historians, discuss the houses with an emphasis on the intersection of function and form rather than theory. 7-part series, 24 minutes each.

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The Series Includes : Recycling City Space | Classically Georgian | Glass Houses | Prairie Style | Contemporary Urban | Contemporary Rural | The New Suburbia

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