Shelter: June highlights

Design / architecture / lifestyle streaming platform Shelter has 4 new titles in June looking at Australian and Asian architecture, the infamous Pruitt-Igoe housing development in St Louis, Missouri, innovative residential architectures across the globe and sustainable agricultural projects .

• John Gollings: Eye For Architecture (52 mins) AUS 2009 – (Available from June 2)
Eye for Architecture journeys into the world of cutting-edge architecture in Australia and Asia through the lens of renowned architectural photographer John Gollings. A Gollings photograph can turn an ordinary building into art, helping it get published or win an award. Join Gollings on a journey from ancient cities in India and Cambodia to the modern face of China and Australia, seeing his influences and what it takes to create memorable images.
Eye for Architecture is an entertaining and visually rich journey into the creative mind of one of the world’s top architectural photographers. Winner of the National Bates Smart Award for Architecture in the Media (2010) – Australian Institute of Architecture.

• The Pruitt-Igoe Myth (83 mins) USA 2012 – (Available from June 7)
The Pruitt-Igoe Myth tells the story of the transformation of the American city in the decades after World War II, through the lens of the infamous Pruitt-Igoe housing development and the St. Louis residents who called it home. The Pruitt-Igoe Myth seeks to set the historical record straight, to examine the interests involved in Pruitt-Igoe’s creation and to re-evaluate the rumors and the stigma that created a myth.

• Planet Home Series 1 (20 x 26mins) France 2016 – (Available from June 14) Australian Premiere
Pollution, climate change, while some predict the apocalypse, others are building the future. They are the heroes of Planet Home, and they already have solutions for housing in the future. In Planet Home, our adventures are grounded on the architecture and the exemplary nature of the sites we discover. Beyond just buildings, these places house people who are just as inspiring in matters of sustainable development. Our hosts tell us about their homes as well as their lifestyles. We enter inside their daily life and home, and also meet those outside who share their philosophy. Whether we are highlighting the technological excellence of a location, an architect’s crazy ideas, or a family’s new lifestyle, Planet Home is the only documentary series, which offers a map of ecological and sustainable habitats throughout the world.

• Taste Hunters Series 1 (15 x 26mins) France 2017 – (Available from June 21)
Agriculture is a booming trend, no matter where it takes place. All over the world, agriculture is changing whether it’s coming back to the outskirts, on the rooftops or right in business centers. It is also winning back the countryside thanks to participative projects. 70% of the world’s population are fed thanks to agriculture in all its forms. The world is growing and rediscovering its historical soil. Taste Hunters goes to the most beautiful landscapes in the world and meets the people who are rewriting the rules of our way of consuming and recasting a subsistence and local economy in their country. Discover these cities and their fabulous spécialité!