La Cupola
  • Documentary, Architecture
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  • 40m
The portrait of a house without supporting walls. A bold dome made of concrete, an open space – right in the middle of the bizarre rock formations.
Infinite Space
  • Documentary, Architecture
  • •
  • 1h 31m
The architecture of John Lautner, pupil of Frank Lloyd Wright.
Inspired Architecture Season 1
  • Architecture, Design, Building
  • •
  • 2020
A Shelter original documentary series, Inspired Architecture looks behind the structures to the influences that lead to unique and inspired designs.
Do More With Less
  • Documentary, Architecture, Design, Building
  • •
  • 1h 26m
Rethinking Ecuadorian Architecture through the use of materials and innovation.
In the Mind of the Architect Season 1
  • Architecture, Design, Factual
  • •
  • 2000
This series sets out to explain the process we call architecture - its philosophy and its essential relationships with people.
The Build Season 1
  • Building, Design, Lifestyle, Renovation
  • •
  • 2020
Designer and Developer Anthony Carrino converts a heritage listed firehouse in Jersey City.
Dream Build Season 2
  • Architecture, Building, Design, Documentary
  • •
  • 2012
Australians in pursuit of building their dream homes.

New Additions

1h 10m • An Italian diplomat choses an almost inaccessible Montenegrin karst landscape as a perfect spot to build his dream house.
Karst
  • 1h 10m
40m • The portrait of a house without supporting walls. A bold dome made of concrete, an open space – right in the middle of the bizarre rock formations.
La Cupola
  • 40m
11m • Self sufficiency, solitude and life in the arctic.
Northbound
  • 11m
56m • An unsuccessful attempt to transform the former East-German Alexanderplatz into a high-end, Manhattan-like business district.
Last Exit Alexanderplatz
  • 56m
1h 31m • The architecture of John Lautner, pupil of Frank Lloyd Wright.
Infinite Space
  • 1h 31m
56m • A young boy from the housing projects to the highest achievements in his chosen profession of architecture.
Deeds Not Words
  • 56m
56m • The story of barns in the Midwest told by examining them through the lens of architecture.
The Barn Raisers
  • 56m
12m • Architect Giovanni Vaccarini guides us through the design of Powerbarn.
Body Fabric Surface
  • 12m
1h 35m • Determined that his last act will be a gift to the planet, musician and psychiatrist Clark Wang prepares for his own green burial.
A Will For The Woods
  • 1h 35m
40 • A short documentary series on creative processes, while creating the Sala Beckett in Barcelona.
Scale 1:5 Season 1
52m • The Mill is a gripping portrait of a rural community deeply divided over the fate of the local pulp mill.
The Mill
  • 52m
1h 34m • Filmmaker Marc Pierschel embarks on a journey to discover what effect a post-meat world would have on the environment, the animals and ourselves.
The End of Meat
  • 1h 34m
9m • Enter their studio as they independently publish over 1,000 copies on a small vintage 1982 Heidelberg press.
Nirin Ngaay: Design on the Edge
  • 9m
15 • Designer and Developer Anthony Carrino converts a heritage listed firehouse in Jersey City.
The Build Season 1
The men and women of Pioneer Log Homes, Canada make some of the most exquisite, sought after log homes around the world.
Timber Kings Season 4
1h 33m • Anton’s home is a treasure trove, a startling collection of unseen and fascinating paintings, drawings, and notebooks, not to mention Anton himself.
Almost There
  • 1h 33m
1h 3m • Charting the intersection between rural America and contemporary graphic design.
Typeface
  • 1h 3m
47 • Sarah Beeny attempts to save a near-derelict listed Georgian stately home.
Beeny's Restoration Nightmare Season 2
This stunningly filmed series explores the work of some of the world’s most famous contemporary architects.
The Art of Architecture Season 1
42 • Honey I Bought the House is a nail-biting approach to the reality of buying a first home, which sees couples given a £15,000 deposit.
Honey I Bought the House Season 2
1h 26m • Rethinking Ecuadorian Architecture through the use of materials and innovation.
Do More With Less
  • 1h 26m

Magazine Video

Dwell Home Tour
Dwell Home Tour Season 1
3 • Green Magazine
Green Magazine Season 1

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15m • A Shelter original documentary series, Inspired Architecture looks behind the structures to the influences that lead to unique and inspired designs.
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1h 26m • Rethinking Ecuadorian Architecture through the use of materials and innovation.
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1h 24m • Narrated by Dustin Hoffman, VISUAL ACOUSTICS celebrates the life and career of Julius Shulman.
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Australians in pursuit of building their dream homes.
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1h 27m • A community of nomads who have chosen to live a life of adventurous freedom on the road.
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International Designer Sibella Court, follows the trials and tribulations of 7 groups of Australians committed to daunting restorations.
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52m • How problem-solvers are pushing the limits to find answers and independence from the grid.
Microtopia
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40 • A short documentary series on creative processes, while creating the Sala Beckett in Barcelona.
Scale 1:5 Season 1
1h 30m • Ever the Land is an immersive documentary that explores the sublime bond between people and their land through a landmark architectural undertaking.
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Architecture

1h 10m • An Italian diplomat choses an almost inaccessible Montenegrin karst landscape as a perfect spot to build his dream house.
Karst
  • 1h 10m
40m • The portrait of a house without supporting walls. A bold dome made of concrete, an open space – right in the middle of the bizarre rock formations.
La Cupola
  • 40m
56m • An unsuccessful attempt to transform the former East-German Alexanderplatz into a high-end, Manhattan-like business district.
Last Exit Alexanderplatz
  • 56m
1h 31m • The architecture of John Lautner, pupil of Frank Lloyd Wright.
Infinite Space
  • 1h 31m
56m • A young boy from the housing projects to the highest achievements in his chosen profession of architecture.
Deeds Not Words
  • 56m
56m • The story of barns in the Midwest told by examining them through the lens of architecture.
The Barn Raisers
  • 56m
12m • Architect Giovanni Vaccarini guides us through the design of Powerbarn.
Body Fabric Surface
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40 • A short documentary series on creative processes, while creating the Sala Beckett in Barcelona.
Scale 1:5 Season 1
An interstitial series that explores stories of Australians who have pushed the design brief to pursuit of building a dream home.
Dream Build Season 1
This series sets out to explain the process we call architecture - its philosophy and its essential relationships with people.
In the Mind of the Architect Season 1
52m • This film introduces viewers to famous buildings by "Master of Minimalism" Tadao Ando.
Tadao Ando: From Emptiness to Infinity
  • 52m
1h 24m • Narrated by Dustin Hoffman, VISUAL ACOUSTICS celebrates the life and career of Julius Shulman.
Visual Acoustics: The Modernism of Julius Shulman
  • 1h 24m
15m • A Shelter original documentary series, Inspired Architecture looks behind the structures to the influences that lead to unique and inspired designs.
Inspired Architecture Season 1
52m • This award-winning film documents a bold architecture project on remote Fogo Island
Strange and Familiar
  • 52m
1h 22m • Kevin Roche is a highly influential architect who’s work remains just as relevant and thought provoking today as at any time in his 70 year career.
Kevin Roche: The Quiet Architect
  • 1h 22m
58m • A celebration of the life and work of Australia's most controversial architect.
Harry Seidler: Modernist
  • 58m
1h 26m • Cuba's ambitious National Art Schools project, designed by three young artists in the wake of Castro's Revolution.
Unfinished Spaces
  • 1h 26m
15m • A giant birds nest, a bridge to nowhere, an oversize amplifier, a shadow tracker, an interlocking tower and a cage that stretches and bends.
Studio in the Woods
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55m • What inspires groundbreaking concepts, designs and architecture? Life Architecturally follows internationally-acclaimed husband and wife team.
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1h 30m • Oscar Niemeyer – Life is just a breath was produced in Brazil to coincide with Oscar Niemeyer’s 100th birthday.
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This stunningly filmed series explores the work of some of the world’s most famous contemporary architects.
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1h 28m • Acclaimed photographer and filmmaker Don Freeman explores handmade homes created and lived in by eleven distinguished American artists.
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58m • Jorn Utzon, acclaimed architect of the Sydney Opera House, tells his story.
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52m • Talking about architecture with Álvaro Siza Vieira, recipient of the Prizker Prize and one of this century’s finest architects.
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Practice Season 1
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15m • Sunlight: Piers Taylor and Gianni Botsford
Sunlight
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Design

41m • How a seemingly obscure furniture maker inspired an entire art movement.
An American Craftsman: Wharton Esherick
  • 41m
1h 16m • Gray Matters explores the long, fascinating life and complicated career of architect and designer Eileen Gray.
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Bespoke is an engaging, amusing, irreverent but ultimately thought-provoking look at the rise of the handmade, bespoke, locally produced and artisanal
Bespoke Season 1
58m • An insight into the lifestyle of Nine artisans on secluded Gabriola Island.
A Time For Making
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53m • Konstantin Grcic is considered one of the most innovative and profound product designers worldwide. His career began with a chair and a lamp.
Konstantin Grcic: Design is Work
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1h 7m • And so was born the design competition and exhibition known as "Sukkah City."
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1h 33m • Anton’s home is a treasure trove, a startling collection of unseen and fascinating paintings, drawings, and notebooks, not to mention Anton himself.
Almost There
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1h 3m • Charting the intersection between rural America and contemporary graphic design.
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9m • Enter their studio as they independently publish over 1,000 copies on a small vintage 1982 Heidelberg press.
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  • 9m
52m • This film introduces viewers to famous buildings by "Master of Minimalism" Tadao Ando.
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Small Living

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The Home Show
  • 55m
1h 7m • And so was born the design competition and exhibition known as "Sukkah City."
Sukkah City
  • 1h 7m
1h 6m • What is home? And how do we find it? TINY follows one couple's attempt to build a Tiny House from scratch
Tiny
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1h 27m • A community of nomads who have chosen to live a life of adventurous freedom on the road.
The Meaning of Vanlife
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Lifestyle

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Streets of Your Town Season 1
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Timber Kings Season 4
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Honey I Bought the House Season 2
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Sustainability

11m • Self sufficiency, solitude and life in the arctic.
Northbound
  • 11m
1h 35m • Determined that his last act will be a gift to the planet, musician and psychiatrist Clark Wang prepares for his own green burial.
A Will For The Woods
  • 1h 35m
52m • The Mill is a gripping portrait of a rural community deeply divided over the fate of the local pulp mill.
The Mill
  • 52m
1h 34m • Filmmaker Marc Pierschel embarks on a journey to discover what effect a post-meat world would have on the environment, the animals and ourselves.
The End of Meat
  • 1h 34m
1h 13m • Will eating insects save our Earth? Are insects a mirror that reflects our broken food systems, or the silver bullet that will fix them?
Bugs
  • 1h 13m
1h 30m • Ever the Land is an immersive documentary that explores the sublime bond between people and their land through a landmark architectural undertaking.
Ever the Land
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1h 26m • A film about disconnecting.
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1h 47m • How can we best meet every earth citizens need for healthy food facing our limited resources?
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  • 1h 37m
1h 19m • A community who came together; explored and demonstrated a simpler way to live.
A Simpler Way
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1h 25m • Inspiring stories for a sustainable future
Living the Change
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Growing Cities
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Fools & Dreamers
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