Alain de Botton went in search of answers to our housing crisis, and came up with some suggestions for the perfect home: a kind of architecture that can make us happy as our environments determine how we feel.
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Series 1 Episode 1
Alain de Botton went in search of answers to our housing crisis, and came up with some suggestions for the perfect…
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Series 1 Episode 2
Alain de Botton suggests that most new houses are built in appalling taste - and that, with a housing deficit of around…
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Series 1 Episode 3
In the final programme, Alain de Botton travels to Holland and Japan, to see how different our homes could look. He…
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Series 1 Episode 4
The complete series in one episode. Alain de Botton goes in search of answers to our housing crisis, and comes up with…
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