This striking house in Spain designed by RCR Architects was featured on The World?s Most Extraordinary Homes.  | Courtesy of Netflix

The World?s Most Extraordinary Homes manages to be both relatable and awe-inspiring There are plenty of home, design, and architecture TV shows to choose from nowadays, whether you?re a loyal cable subscriber or have gone full-on streaming. But thanks to the HGTV-fication of home design programming, many shows are stuck in a maze of clichés (all-gray interiors, anyone")
Here at Curbed, we?ve spent much of August exploring all things TV, from which shows are worth watching to how iconic shows have shaped our homes. And this month, I?ve been on my own personal TV-minded mission: To find a new-to-me show about architecture or design that actually feels fresh.
And I think I?ve found it in The World?s Most Extraordinary Homes, a British documentary miniseries from BBC Two that premiered in 2017. In 2018, Netflix acquired the rights to stream the show, but I missed the initial buzz thanks to my daily chaos of kids and work.
I came to the show with fresh eyes and have been slowly enjoying it over the past month, watching one episode every few days; this isn?t so much a show to binge as it is something to be savored.
While there are no dramatic makeovers or home buying debacles to be had (which some of my favorite shows have focused on), The World?s Most Extraordinary Homes is a show for serious architecture and design lovers...