Keyword: architecture

Bunkers Brutalism and Bloodymindedness

8.6

2014

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Jonathan Meades dives deep into the motives behind Brutalist architecture, the story of its fall from grace and its unapologetic continued relevance.

Italy's Invisible Cities

7.8

2017

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Using the latest 3D scanning technology, Alexander Armstrong and Dr Michael Scott uncover the hidden history of Italian civilisation and city life.

Burgen

7

2019

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Fortified castles remain in the collective imagination one of the symbols of the Middle Ages. How were these castles designed, built and arranged?

Grand Designs Sverige

7.4

2020

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Meet hopeful house enthusiasts and join them as they build their dream home. Architecture critic Mark Isitt walks us through the process, from the very first sod to the last.

Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw the Future

7.3

2016

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A renewed interest is emerging in mid-20th century architects and artists who exploded the comfortable constraints of the past to create a robust and daring modernist America. Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw the Future examines the life of an architectural giant who envisioned the future. His sudden untimely death at age 51 cut short what continues to be one of the most influential legacies in American architecture, a body of timeless work that stands apart from the clutter of contemporary design and continues to inspire architects today.

Valldaura: A Quarantine Cabin

6.7

2022

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A group of young architects are confined in the middle of Barcelonas forest during the COVID crisis, living out the problems of self-sufficiency. Behind a wall of trees, the possibilities are endless.

Hannah and Her Sisters

8

1986

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Between two Thanksgivings two years apart, Hannahs husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondriac ex-husband rekindles his relationship with her sister Holly.

Bamboo Theatre

7.2

2019

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This film is a portrait of unique cultural space for Spirits, Gods and People. While permanent theatres are commonly built in most cosmopolitan modern cities, Hong Kong preserves a unique theatrical architecture, a Chinese tradition that has lasted more than a century - Bamboo Theatre.

The American Sector

7

2020

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The American Sector is a film about panels of the Berlin Wall scattered across the United States. It captures how monuments to our countrys past resonate into the present.

The Experimental City

6.4

2017

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In the 1960s, as the cities collapsed and the suburbs sprawled, Athelstan Spilhaus had a vision: a futuristic city for 250,000 residents, engineered from scratch in the isolated woods of northern Minnesota, to solve the twin urban and environmental crises. The Minnesota Experimental City would use the newest technologies in communications, transport, energy supply, pollution control (even domed enclosure) in an attempt to create more livable cities and an improved environment for the 21st Century. Spilhaus proposal was compelling on a grand scale, and quickly gained powerful backers, hundreds of experts, and its own state agency. But times were changing, and not everyone fell in line with this newfangled vision for the future.

A Perfect Enemy

7

2020

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A successful architect is approached on his trip to the Paris Airport by a chatty girl. Although the meeting seems fortuitous, soon there be a turn that will transform the encounter into something much more sinister and criminal.

The Second Mother

7.8

2015

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When the estranged daughter of a hard-working live-in housekeeper suddenly appears, the unspoken class barriers that exist within the home are thrown into disarray.

End of the Century

6.9

2019

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Two men meet in Barcelona and after spending a day together they realize that they have already met twenty years ago.

Petra: Secrets of the Ancient Builders

7

2019

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In southern Jordan lies the spectacular city of Petra. Built over 2,000 years ago, it contains innumerable architectural treasures: colossal buildings carved into cliffs and hundreds of tombs, temples, and baths. Petra was a rich and prosperous city, and yet, it resides in the heart of an inhospitable region. How did the Nabataeans manage to transform this desert area into a luxurious city?

The Belly of an Architect

7

1987

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An architect supervising an exhibition starts to have mysterious stomach pains while his life slowly falls apart.

Eiffel's Race to the Top

7.3

2023

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Behind the iconic Eiffel Tower lies the story of an incredible challenge to erect the first thousand-foot tower, pitting Gustave Eiffel against now forgotten rivals, iron vs stone, engineers vs architects, and modernists vs classicists.