23 episode documentary, each focusing on one distinguished building and its architect, from the 19th and 20th centuries. Season 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season 1, Episode 1: Das Bauhaus in Dessau Original Air Date: 2001 Who: Walter Gropius What: Staatliches Bauhaus, architecture school Where: Dessau, Germany. Season 1, Episode 2: Die Architekurfakultät Porto Original Air Date: 2001 Who: Álvaro Siza What: Porto's Faculty of Architecture Where: Porto, Portugal Season 1, Episode 3: Das Familistère von Guise Original Air Date: 2001 Who: Jean-Baptiste Godin What: The Familistère, a community settlement Where: Guise, France Season 1, Episode 4: Nemausus 1 - Sozialer Wohnungsbau der 80er Jahre Original Air Date: 2001 Who: Jean Nouvel What: Social housing complex Where: Nîmes, France Season 1, Episode 5: Das Centre Georges Pompidou Original Air Date: 2001 Who: Renzo Piano, Richard Rogers and Gianfranco Franchini What: Centre Georges Pompidou, cultural complex Where: Paris, France Season 1, Episode 6: Die Postsparkasse Wien Original Air Date: 2001 Who: Otto Wagner What: Post Office Savings Bank Where: Vienna, Austria -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season 2 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season 2, Episode 1: Das Villa Dall'Ava Original Air Date: 2001 Who: Rem Koolhaas; What: Villa Dall'Ava, a single-family house; Where: Paris, France Season 2, Episode 2: Das Johnson-Verwaltungsgebäude Original Air Date: 2001 Who: Frank Lloyd Wright; What: Johnson Wax's headquarters; Where: Racine, Wisconsin, USA Season 2, Episode 3: Die Galleria Umberto I Original Air Date: 2001 Who: Emanuele Rocco; What: A commercial gallery; Where: Naples, Italy Season 2, Episode 4: Satolas TGV - Der Bahnhof auf dem Land Original Air Date: 2001 Who: Santiago Calatrava; What: TGV station; Where: Lyon, France Season 2, Episode 5: Die Felsentherme von Vals Original Air Date: 2001 Who: Peter Zumthor; What: Thermal baths; Where: Vals, Switzerland Season 2, Episode 6: Die Pariser Kunsthochschule Original Air Date: 2001 Who: Auguste Perret; What: Fine Art School; Where: Paris, France -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season 3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season 3, Episode 1: Das jüdische Museum in Berlin Original Air Date: 2003 Who: Daniel Libeskind; What: Jewish history Museum; Where: Berlin, Germany Season 3, Episode 2: Die Pariser Opéra Garnier Original Air Date: 2003 Who: Charles Garnier; What: Opera House; Where: Paris, France Season 3, Episode 3: Das Kloster La Tourette Original Air Date: 2003 Who: Le Corbusier; What: Dominican priory; Where: Lyon, France Season 3, Episode 4: Die Casa Mila Original Air Date: 2003 Who: Antoni Gaudí; What: Residential/touristic building; Where: Barcelona, Spain Season 3, Episode 5: Auditorium Building Original Air Date: 2003 Who: Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan; What: Home of the Roosevelt University; Where: Chicago, Illinois, USA Season 3, Episode 6: Das Gemeindezentrum von Säynätsalo Original Air Date: 2003 Who: Alvar Aalto; What: Municipal Center / Town Hall; Where: Säynätsalo, Finland -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season 4 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Season 4, Episode 1: Die Saline von Arc-et-Senans Original Air Date: 2005 Who: Claude-Nicolas Ledoux; What: Saltworks' buildings; Where: Besançon, France Season 4, Episode 2: Das Glashaus Original Air Date: 2005 Who: Phillip Johnson; What: Private House; Where: New Canaan, Connecticut, USA Season 4, Episode 3: Bilbao Guggenheim Museum Original Air Date: 2005 Who: Frank Gehry; What: Modern and contemporary art museum; Where: Bilbao, Spain Season 4, Episode 4: Das Haus von Jean Prouvé Original Air Date: 2005 Who: Jean Prouvé; What: Prefab house; Where: Presles, France Season 4, Episode 5: Die Sendaï-Mediathek Original Air Date: 2005 Who: Toyo Ito; What: Mediatheque; Where: Sendaï, Japan Season 4, Episode 6: Die Abtei Sainte Foy de Conques Original Air Date: 2005 Who: Prosper Merimée; What: Church; Where: Conques, France