The Best Architects & Buildings Documentaries

Art, Music & Design - 34 free documentaries about architects & buildings.

Start with City of the Future: Singapore – Full Episode (44 min, National Geographic), then Neuschwanstein - Fairytale castle and architectural icon (86 min, DW Documentary). All 34 documentaries here are free to watch from their makers' official uploads. To read deeper, the top-rated book on architects & buildings is Brunelleschi's Dome by Ross King.

• City of the Future: Singapore – Full Episode (44 min, National Geographic)
• Neuschwanstein - Fairytale castle and architectural icon (86 min, DW Documentary)
• Tunnel Houses: Living in an Ultra-thin Tube | Habitats of the World: Vietnam (25 min, Free Documentary)
• Flexible Buildings: The Future of Architecture (52 min, Free Documentary)
• The World's Oldest Construction Project | Sagrada Familia (18 min, Real Engineering)
• The Urgent Race to Save Turkey's 1,500-Year-Old Building (20 min, The B1M)
• Architecture, art and design - 100 years of the Bauhaus (1/3) (42 min, DW Documentary)
• Sagrada Familia (24 min, Real Engineering)
• Château de Chambord: Da Vinci's "Impossible" Project (51 min, Absolute History)
• Gothic architecture - When cathedrals reached up to the heavens (44 min, DW Documentary)
• Contest of the cathedrals – the Gothic period (42 min, DW Documentary)
• How to Make an Attractive City (14 min, The School of Life)
• The Harmonizing Architecture Of Frank Lloyd Wright | The Man Who Built America (60 min, Timeline - World History Documentaries)
• The Megacity of Micro Homes | Habitats of the World: Tokyo (25 min, Free Documentary)
• Can Britain's Houses of Parliament Be Saved? (28 min, The B1M)
• How a 23-Year-Old Solved Urban Sprawl (17 min, The B1M)
• Masters of Victorian Architecture: Ireland's Genius Builders | Building Ireland (26 min, Absolute History)
• The Secrets Of Dublin's Iconic 18th-Century Architecture | Building Ireland (26 min, Absolute History)
• Disney's Epcot Becoming: Inside the Transformation (44 min, National Geographic)
• What's inside of the Gateway Arch? (St. Louis, Missouri) (16 min, Jared Owen)
• How Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Bilbao Changed Architecture Forever (32 min, The B1M)
• Architecture, art and design - 100 years of the Bauhaus (3/3) (42 min, DW Documentary)
• Architecture, art and design - 100 years of the Bauhaus (2/3) (43 min, DW Documentary)
• World's Most Unique Garden: Gardens by the Bay | Megastructures (50 min, Free Documentary)
• Why Finishing the Sagrada Família Is So Difficult (28 min, The B1M)
• Frank Lloyd Wright: The Genius Of Modern Architecture | The Man Who Built America (59 min, Absolute History)
• What's inside the Statue of Liberty? (11 min, Jared Owen)
• What's inside of the Sphere? (Las Vegas) (10 min, Jared Owen)
• Why Utah is Digging Up a $2.4BN Mega-Temple (16 min, The B1M)
• 5 Reasons the Modern World Is so Ugly (10 min, The School of Life)
• Constructing The World's Largest Museum: Inside Egypt's Billion Dollar Project (50 min, Spark)
• Transforming London's Broadgate: 100 Liverpool Street (11 min, The B1M)
• Heritage and High-Rise Living in Penang and Bangkok (44 min, Moconomy)
• 16 Jaw-Dropping Architectural Marvels (32 min, Smithsonian Channel)

Top-Rated Books About Architects & Buildings

1. Brunelleschi's Dome by Ross King (3.7/5) - View on Amazon
2. How Buildings Learn by Stewart Brand (4.3/5) - View on Amazon
3. The Architecture of Happiness by Alain De Botton - View on Amazon
4. The Barefoot Architect by Johan van Lengen - View on Amazon
5. Architecture by Clois E. Kicklighter - View on Amazon
6. Architectural graphic standards by Charles George Ramsey - View on Amazon