Movies: Architecture

  • 2017
    Secrets of the Andean Temples: On the Trail of Viracocha

    Secrets of the Andean Temples: On the Trail of Viracocha (2017)

    Secrets of the Andean Temples: On the Trail of Viracocha

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    Thousands of years before the Inca, a megalithic civilization was founded at Lake Titicaca which spread 500 miles to Cuzco, following a global flood that destroyed the Earth in 9000 BC. Its architects — Viracocha and his seven Shining Ones — disappea...

    Secrets of the Andean Temples: On the Trail of Viracocha
  • 1997
    First Person Singular: I.M. Pei

    First Person Singular: I.M. Pei (1997)

    First Person Singular: I.M. Pei

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    Architect I.M. Pei speaks about his famous works, such as the addition to the Louvre in Paris, the East Wing of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and the Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas, Texas. Footage of these projects shows both i...

    First Person Singular: I.M. Pei
  • 1989
    David Macaulay: Pyramid

    David Macaulay: Pyramid (1989)

    David Macaulay: Pyramid

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    How did ancient Egyptians build the Great Pyramid at Giza, joining two million blocks of heavy stone with amazing precision? Who were the leaders who built these enormous structures, and what did these tombs signify? Host David Macaulay explores the...

    David Macaulay: Pyramid
  • 1989
    The Architecture of Doom

    The Architecture of Doom (1989)

    The Architecture of Doom

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    Featuring never-before-seen film footage of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi regime, The Architecture of Doom captures the inner workings of the Third Reich and illuminates the Nazi aesthetic in art, architecture and popular culture. From Nazi party rallies...

    The Architecture of Doom
  • 2023
    Eiffel's Race to the Top

    Eiffel's Race to the Top (2023)

    Eiffel's Race to the Top

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    Behind the iconic Eiffel Tower lies the story of an incredible challenge to erect a thousand-foot tower that went far beyond a design competition, and marked a major turning point in engineering history. It was the beginning of radical transformation...

    Eiffel's Race to the Top
  • 1981
    Brooklyn Bridge

    Brooklyn Bridge (1981)

    Brooklyn Bridge

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    Today it's a symbol of strength and vitality. 135 years ago, it was a source of controversy. This documentary examines the great problems and ingenious solutions that marked the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge. From conception to construction, it...

    Brooklyn Bridge
  • 2016
    Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw the Future

    Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw the Future (2016)

    Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw the Future

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    Best known for designing National Historic Landmarks such as St. Louis’ iconic Gateway Arch and the General Motors Technical Center, Saarinen also designed New York’s TWA Flight Center at John F. Kennedy International Airport, Yale University’s Ingal...

    Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw the Future
  • 2012
    Coast Modern

    Coast Modern (2012)

    Coast Modern

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    A core group of architects embraced the West Coast from Vancouver to LA with its particular geography and values and left behind a legacy of inspired dwellings. Today, architects celebrate the influence established by their predecessors....

    Coast Modern
  • 2014
    Slums: Cities of Tomorrow

    Slums: Cities of Tomorrow (2014)

    Slums: Cities of Tomorrow

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    One billion people on our planet—one in six—live in shantytowns, slums or squats. Slums: Cities of Tomorrow challenges conventional thinking to propose that slums are in fact the solution, not the problem, to urban overcrowding caused by the massive ...

    Slums: Cities of Tomorrow
  • 2023
    The Power of Utopia: Living with Le Corbusier in Chandigarh

    The Power of Utopia: Living with Le Corbusier in Chandigarh (2023)

    The Power of Utopia: Living with Le Corbusier in Chandigarh

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    With the construction of the Indian planned city of Chandigarh, the Swiss and French architect Le Corbusier completed his life's work 70 years ago. Chandigarh is a controversial synthesis of the arts, a bold utopia of modernity. The film accompanies ...

    The Power of Utopia: Living with Le Corbusier in Chandigarh
  • 2006
    The Gateway Arch: A Reflection of America

    The Gateway Arch: A Reflection of America (2006)

    The Gateway Arch: A Reflection of America

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    The Gateway Arch: A Reflection of America chronicles for the first time the complete story of this great American symbol… from Thomas Jefferson, Lewis & Clark, and St. Louis’ role in westward expansion; to the eventual construction of the largest sta...

    The Gateway Arch: A Reflection of America
  • 1985
    Arata Isozaki: Early work in Japan

    Arata Isozaki: Early work in Japan (1985)

    Arata Isozaki: Early work in Japan

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    Arata Isozaki: Early Work in Japan takes a detailed look at the architect's pieces, exploring applauded projects such as the EXPO '70 Osaka Festival Plaza, Gunma Prefectural Museum of Modern Art and Kitakyushu Municipal Library. The extraordinary ser...

    Arata Isozaki: Early work in Japan
  • 2018
    Bauhaus Spirit: 100 Years of Bauhaus

    Bauhaus Spirit: 100 Years of Bauhaus (2018)

    Bauhaus Spirit: 100 Years of Bauhaus

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    Founded in 1919 by Walter Gropius, Bauhaus was supposed to unite sculpture, painting, design and architecture into a single combined constructive discipline. It is a synthesis of liberated imagination and stringent structure; cross-medial concepts th...

    Bauhaus Spirit: 100 Years of Bauhaus
  • 2019
    Safety123

    Safety123 (2019)

    Safety123

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    The Alps are covered by a nearly invisible security system that’s supposed to protect humans from natural disasters. This film attentively follows the sometimes mysterious-looking activities and preparations to portray the human struggle against the ...

    Safety123
  • 2012
    Memories of Origin: Hiroshi Sugimoto

    Memories of Origin: Hiroshi Sugimoto (2012)

    Memories of Origin: Hiroshi Sugimoto

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    This documentary follows 200 days in the life of contemporary artist Hiroshi Sugimoto— a leading presence in the world of modern art. He is the winner of many prestigious awards and his photographs are sold for millions of yen at overseas auctions. T...

    Memories of Origin: Hiroshi Sugimoto
  • 2014
    La esposa de mi jefe

    La esposa de mi jefe (2014)

    La esposa de mi jefe

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    Partners of an architecture firm mix their business with pleasure....

    La esposa de mi jefe
  • 2021
    Iftah

    Iftah (2021)

    Iftah

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    After years of sexual denial, Yiftach leaves his family to live alone in Tel-Aviv. Attracted to men but torn between his former and new life, Yiftach is consumed with blame and feels disconnected from everything around him. The drama moves between di...

    Iftah
  • 2012
    The Human Scale

    The Human Scale (2012)

    The Human Scale

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    50 % of the world’s population lives in urban areas. By 2050 this will increase to 80%. Life in a mega city is both enchanting and problematic. Today we face peak oil, climate change, loneliness and severe health issues due to our way of life. But wh...

    The Human Scale
  • 2012
    Lullaby to my Father

    Lullaby to my Father (2012)

    Lullaby to my Father

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    The film intertwines historical events and intimate memories. I observe how architecture represents the transformations of society and those who give form to this architecture. We follow the journey of Munio, my father, born in 1909 in Silesia, Polan...

    Lullaby to my Father
  • 2012
    The Pruitt-Igoe Myth

    The Pruitt-Igoe Myth (2012)

    The Pruitt-Igoe Myth

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    Destroyed in a dramatic and highly-publicized implosion, the Pruitt-Igoe public housing complex has become a widespread symbol of failure amongst architects, politicians and policy makers. The Pruitt-Igoe Myth explores the social, economic and legisl...

    The Pruitt-Igoe Myth