5 architecture and design documentaries to watch during isolation

During this times of self-confinement you may finally have some free time to watch some movies at home.

For those who love architecture and design here is our suggestions: five documentaries about architecture and design made in this decade.

City Dreamers, 2019

Directed by Joseph Hillel's, this film follows the careers of four women in the field of architecture, urban planning and landscape architecture.

Working in a field dominated by men, the film shows how Phyllis Lambert, Denise Scott Brown, Cornelia Hahn Oberlander and Blance Lemco van Ginkel have influenced the fabric of city making and their experiences.

Architecture of Infinity, 2018

Through interviews with Peter Zumthor, Álvaro Siza, James Turrell and Cristina Iglesias, the filmmaker Christoph Schaub explores the architecture of spirituality and worship

The film explores the spaces designed for transcendental experiences.

Rams, 2018

Rams gives an intimate look into the life and career of Dieter Rams. The iconic designer who spent more than three decades as chief designer of German electronics company Braun.

In this film, directed by Gary Hustwit, Rams expresses his regret with his involvement in fuelling a culture of overconsumption. 

Rem, 2016

Rem is the first documentary to comprehensively explore the human conditions in and around Rem Koolhaas's buildings from a ground level perspective. 

Directed by his son, Tomas Koolhaas, the film not only reveals Rem's life and working methods from an unprecedented 'behind the scenes' perspective but the film gives the architecture greater meaning as the viewer witnesses the one thing that gives it a function and purpose - how it is used by people.

Eames: The Architect & The Painter, 2011

Directed by Jason Cohn and Bill Jersey, the film gives an in-depth look at the design duo Charles and Ray Eames and its impacts on post-war American culture and also reveals details of their tumultuous marriage.