About this programme

An edition examining architectural solutions to affordable housing. As the weather gets wetter and the risk of flooding increases in the UK, Beatrice Galilee travels to Holland to discover how the Dutch have tackled the problem and visits a community built entirely on water. Tom Dyckhoff finds out how architects and social media groups in Berlin have been working together to reduce costs by cutting out the middlemen when designing new neighbourhoods. Olly Wainwright charts the history of the traditional British terrace as contemporary architects reinterpret the two-up two-down, and Charlie Luxton asks if it is possible to build a house for £20,000.