Buildings for Society
2026•1 Seasons•3 Episodes•Returning Series
Documentary
How can we build architectural environments that help children learn, provide dignity and protection to the most vulnerable, and help offenders rehabilitate? This series looks at new schools, prisons, and homeless shelters whose architects have used innovative techniques to create buildings that help society.
Creator
Cordula Echterhoff
Network
ARTE
Origin
DE
Cast
Edda Fischer
Narrator (voice)
Episodes
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