Grand Designs

How to Look at and Understand Great Art

2025

Contemplate the "anti-art" spirit of Dadaism, its nihilistic yet humorous indictment of civilization and bizarre use of unconventional media. In the sensibility of Surrealism, observe its compelling focus on the subconscious and two substyles - dream imagery, with its juxtaposition of objects and settings, and "automatic drawing," eliciting unplanned images from the unconscious.

Dreaming The Impossible: Unbuilt Britain

2025

The fascinating and dramatic stories behind some of the grandest designs never built.

Kevin McCloud and the Big Town Plan

2025

Kevin McCloud follows an innovative community-led regeneration scheme in Castleford.

Futuropolis: Mapping the City of Tomorrow

2025

Discover how Singapore's architects and futurists plan to radically transform the city in response to the daunting challenges it faces.

If We Built It Today

2025

They are some of the world’s all-time greatest building projects. Most have stood the test of time, but with today’s technology, could they be duplicated and done better?

Svědkové času

2025

The Art of Architecture

2025

An exploration of some of the world's most famous structures and the inspirations of the architects behind them.

Secrets of Britain

2025

The enormous popularity of recent British dramas such as Downton Abbey, Mr. Selfridge, and Sherlock, has led to vast interest in the real-life stories and history of the icons of Great Britain. Each episode of this series visits a famous British building or institution to explore its past and present, meeting a wide range of experts and historians along the way.

Une Maison, Un Artiste

2025

Papa marteau

2025

Grand Designs Abroad

2025

Kevin McCloud presents Grand Designs Abroad. The stakes are higher, the risks are multiplied, and the ambition - to build your dream home in the perfect European location - is greater than ever.

Volavky a predátoři

2025

The Age of Concrete

2025

The show traces the history of architecture and urban planning in Reykjavík in the twentieth century. The series begins in 1915, in the big fire where many wooden houses in the town were destroyed. Then the time of the concrete houses began.

Building Sights

2025

Personal reflections on the best of 20th Century architecture.

How the Victorians Built Britain

2025

This series travels the length and breadth of Britain to find out how the Victorians built Britain. It uncovers the incredible and surprising stories behind iconic landmarks; discovers the hidden heroes behind the epic constructions; and finds out how the incredible advances made by the Victorians forged the world we live in today.