André Le Notre is certainly the most famous French gardener. He was also a designer, architect, engineer, landscaper and urban planner. He worked for Louis XIV from 1645 to 1700 and designed the gardens of Versailles, Vaux le Vicomte, Chantilly and Fontainebleau, as well as the Tuileries in Paris.
Catchy mix of farce and documentary. Portrait of a Berlin theatre company made up entirely of the ho...
Created over 75 years and three generations, Les Quatre Vents stands as an enchanted place of beauty...
An examination of occultism as practiced in different parts of the world.
Looks at the engineering of the Knights Templar, the religious order that marked the rise of the Mid...
Filmed over the course of a year in an "upstairs-downstairs" fashion, this fascinating program provi...
Isamu Noguchi was a sculptor, designer, architect, and craftsman. Throughout his life he struggled t...
Visits to three animal parks in Miami, Florida: the Rare Bird Farm, with it's many chickens, cranes,...
To Olmsted, a park was both a work of art and a necessity for urban life. Olmsted’s efforts to prese...
Known as the setting of "Downton Abbey," Highclere Castle truly was the home of aristocrats and an a...
Stéphane Bern tells the story of King Louis XVI, deposed by the revolution and guillotined on Januar...
Chambord, the most impressive castle in the Loire Valley, in France, a truly Renaissance treasure, h...
The British invented them for the world, and they have been described as 'the lungs of the city - hi...
This short documentary profiles the idyllic landscapes of Parc Lafontaine. Set to an original song, ...
Based on the latest technological and scientific advances, this documentary explores the palace's ar...
after mourning the passing of his late wife, Bill finds the courage to travel to New York City and r...
Garden designer Lynden B. Miller explores the life and career of Beatrix Jones Farrand (1872-1959), ...
The Duplex A86 is a 10 kilometer underground highway buried more than 90 meters deep. This concrete ...