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AMERICA'S CASTLES
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Although European estates have attracted greater attention throughout history, this remarkable series makes a strong case for the majesty of American mansions. From Rockefeller's country estate in the Hudson Valley to the Vanderbilt's "Breakers" residence, this A&E series explores lavish one-of-a-kind landmarks on the North American continent. Includes 6 complete
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ARCHITECTURE OF MUD
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The Hadhramaut region in the southeast of Yemen is well known for its mudbrick architecture. Throughout the centuries, the population has developed very sophisticated building techniques and created a unique architectural environment. Spectacular structures such as 10-story mudbrick tower houses rise up from the valley's floor. In interviews throughout the documentary, the masons describe their working techniques and the challenges they face with the introduction of new, imported building materials. The documentary is an archival record for the Yemenis--and for the world--of a stunning architectural environment that is rapidly disappearing. Arabic with English Caterina Borelli---USA---1999---52 mins.
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ARCHITECTURES 1
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A privileged, unprecedented inside look at the work of superstar architects and some of their most brilliant creations, produced by the European public television channel ARTE. This series looks at architecture and its historical and social functions to reveal its meaning and impact on humanity. Architectures 1 covers milestones like Germany's famed Bauhaus and the Georges Pompidou Centre in Paris, and examines the work of architects Jean Nouvel, Otto Wagner, Walter Gropius, Alvaro Siza, and others. Includes English, German, and French language options. 1995-2000, 160 mins.
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ARCHITECTURES 2
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A privileged, unprecedented inside look at the work of superstar architects and some of their most brilliant creations, produced by the European public television channel ARTE. This series looks at architecture and its historical and social functions to reveal its meaning and impact on humanity. Architectures 2 analyses Frank Lloyd Wright's Johnson Wax building, the innovations of the Galleria Umberto 1, the luxurious Stone Thermal Baths, and a high-speed train station in Satolas. Includes English, French, and German language options. 1995-2001, 136 mins.
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ARCHITECTURES 3
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A privileged, unprecedented inside look at the work of superstar architects and some of their most brilliant creations, produced by the European public television channel ARTE. This series looks at architecture and its historical and social functions to reveal its meaning and impact on humanity. Architectures 3 examines the Jewish Museum of Berlin, designed by Daniel Liebeskind; Louis Sullivan's Auditorium Theatre in Chicago; a Dominican convent designed by Le Corbusier; Charles Garnier's Parisian Opera; and buildings by Antonio Gaudi and Alvar Aalto. Includes English, French, and German language options. France, 1995-2001, 160 mins.
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ARCHITECTURES 4
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A privileged, unprecedented inside look at the work of superstar architects and some of their most brilliant creations, produced by the European public television channel ARTE. This series looks at architecture and its historical and social functions to reveal its meaning and impact on humanity. Architectures 4 examines the Royal Saltworks of Arc and Senans, the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Jean Prouve's House, the St. Foy Abbey, and the Sendai Mediatheque. Includes English, German, and French language options. France, 2004-2005, 160 mins.
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ARCHITECTURES 5
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A privileged, unprecedented inside look at the work of superstar architects and some of their most brilliant creations, produced by the European public television channel ARTE. This series looks at architecture and its historical and social functions to reveal its meaning and impact on humanity. Architectures 5 explores the Alhambra in Grenada, the House of Sugimoto, the Reception and Congress Building in Rome, the Yoyogi Olympic Gymnasiums, the Villa Barbaro, and the Phaeno. France, 2005-2007, 160 mins. In French, English, and German with English subtitles.
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BAUHAUS: THE FACE OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
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This BBC program surveys the history of Bauhaus, the hugely influential art, design and architecture school that thrived in Weimar Germany, as well as closely looking at the work of its founders, Walter Gropius, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Laslo Moholy-Nagy, and famous students, such as Wassily Kandinsky and Paul Klee.
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BERLIN BABYLON
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When the Berlin Wall came down in 1989, it literally left a vacant, awkward hole in the city. In this symphony of a city, filmmaker Hubertus Siegert documents the architecture that came to inhabit this zone from roughly 1996-2000, while also reflecting broadly on the cycle of wreckage and renaissance that marks most major cities. "Babylon comes with a perspective that non-Germans might never have considered...Babylon is about architecture as a balm" (The New York Times). Featuring music by proto-industrial band Einsturzende Neubauten, whose name translates to "collapsing new buildings." In German with English subtitles. Hubertus Siegert---Germany---2001---88 mins.
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BUILDING BIG W/ DAVID MACAULAY
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Five-tape, five-hour collection includes Bridges, Dams, Domes, Skyscrapers and Tunnels.
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D'ANNUNZIO'S CAVE
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Heinz Emigholz, the premiere purveyor of architectural oddities (Sullivan's Bridges, Goff in the Desert), meticulously documents 15 rooms of the enormous Villa Cargnacco in Lombardy, Italy, designed by proto-fascist poet Gabriele D'Annunzio (1863-1938). The controversial figure spent 17 years designing the Vittoriale, a state museum on Lake Garda, and furnishing the Villa Cargnacco, which is part of the grand complex. This unusual documentary resulted from a photography session in the villa, when four friends--cinematographers Irene von Alberti, Elfi Mikesch, Klaus Wyborny and Heinz Emigholz--simultaneously filmed the rooms and furnishings of the villa in their own specific styles. In German with English subtitles. Heinz Emigholz---Germany---2005---52 mins.
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EDWARD JAMES: BUILDER DREAMS
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His name might not be well known, but Edward James is a giant in the realm of surrealist art. A collector, poet, and architect, James spent his considerable wealth fostering art collaborations with the likes of Dali, Magritte, Weil, Brecht, and Man Ray, in addition to building an architectural monument to surrealism in the jungles of Mexico. The man's life and works are covered in Builder of Dreams. In English with optional Spanish subtitles. Avery Danziger/Sarah Stein---USA---1995---58 mins.
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FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT (BURNS)
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Director Ken Burns (PBS' The Civil War, Baseball) and producer Lynn Novick present this Peabody Award-winning documentary feature on the life and work of preeminent American architect Frank Lloyd Wright. From his early beginnings as a draftsman with Louis Sullivan to the creation of private homes (including "Fallingwater" and Taliesin), the Imperial Hotel in Japan, and New York's Guggenheim Museum, this is a thorough examination of the man who blended form and function, pioneered the Prairie School style and set the standard in organic architecture. Ken Burns/Lynn Novick---USA---1998---153 mins.
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FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT'S FALLINGWA
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A documentary on Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater, the famous country house he designed and built for the Kaufmann family over a small stream in Western Pennsylvania. The film provides an in-depth look at the creation and unusual characteristics of this building that fuses nature, man, and structure into an organic whole. Lynda Waggoner---USA---2005---60 mins.
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FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT'S GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
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This feature-length documentary takes viewers on a tour of the revolutionary building Frank Lloyd Wright designed to house Solomon Guggenheim's art collection. With its coiling ramp layout, organic shape, and a disregard for right angles, the museum welcomed visitors to interact with artworks like never before. Harvard architectural history professor Neil Levine explains the museum's development, its shocking unveiling, and its legacy as a museum and piece of art alike.
USA---2010---85 mins.
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FUTURE BY DESIGN
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This feature-length documentary directed by Academy Award nominee William Gazecki focuses on the futuristic designs, expansive vision, and life story of inventor Jacque Fresco. He dedicated himself to progressive ideas about science and society working together in harmony to achieve utopia. William Gazecki---USA---2006---90 mins.
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GOFF IN THE DESERT
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In this unique documentary, German filmmaker Heinz Emigholz presents the work of inventive American architect Bruce Goff. Apprenticed at age 12 but never formally educated as an architect, Goff's work displays a unique style that sets it apart from most 20th-century architecture. The Episcopal Church in Tulsa built in the 1920s is a towering Art Deco icon, while the Hopewell Baptist Church in Edmond resembles a strange futuristic concrete teepee that challenges the surrounding landscape. Through filmed photographs, Emigholz brilliantly exposes the hidden details of Goff's fascinating structures. In German with English subtitles.
Heinz Emigholz---Germany---2003---110 mins.
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GREAT EPOCHS OF EUROPEAN ART (SET)
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Filmed on location in Europe, this 10-part series offers a full survey of European art. The filmmakers display and discuss the architecture, sculpture, and painting achievements of ancient Greece and Rome, the early Christians, Byzantium, the Romanesque and Gothic periods, the Renaissance, the Baroque, Rococo, 19th century, and modern era. 510 mins.
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GREAT EXPECTATIONS (2007)
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Filmed for Swedish television, Jesper Wacthmeister's Great Expectations is a journey through the history of visionary architecture, from the turn of the 20th century to the present. With a focus on radical designers that tried to solve social and environmental problems with structures, this program covers Rudolf Steiner, Le Corbusier, Levitt & Sons, Brasilia, Archigram, Expo '67, Antti Lovag, Peter Vetsch, Paolo Soleri, The Venus Project, and much more.
Jesper Wachtmeister---Sweden---2007---105 mins.
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GREEK TEMPLE
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Take a video excursion to the ancient cities at Paestrum, Delphi and Agrigento, as well as the Acropolis, and see the remains of the many magnificent shrines there. You'll also trace the evolution of the temples through the Doric, Ionic and Corinthian styles. 54 mins.
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