Movies: Architecture history

  • 2019
    Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the Movie Palace

    Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the Movie Palace (2019)

    Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the Movie Palace

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    Celebrating the splendor and grandeur of the great cinemas of the United States, built when movies were the acme of entertainment and the stories were larger than life, as were the venues designed to show them. The film also tracks the eventual decli...

    Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the Movie Palace
  • 2019
    Warsaw: A City Divided

    Warsaw: A City Divided (2019)

    Warsaw: A City Divided

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    The history of the Warsaw Ghetto (1940-43) as seen from both sides of the wall, its legacy and its memory: new light on a tragic era of division, destruction and mass murder thanks to the testimony of survivors and the discovery of a ten-minute film ...

    Warsaw: A City Divided
  • 2010
    Restoring a Masterpiece: The Renovation of Eastman Theatre

    Restoring a Masterpiece: The Renovation of Eastman Theatre (2010)

    Restoring a Masterpiece: The Renovation of Eastman Theatre

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    Take a look behind the curtain to see the vast history and recent renovation of one of Rochester, New York's most famous landmarks. Architects, theater personnel, historians, community leaders, and citizens provide in depth insight from start to fini...

    Restoring a Masterpiece: The Renovation of Eastman Theatre
  • 2019
    Reimagining A Buffalo Landmark

    Reimagining A Buffalo Landmark (2019)

    Reimagining A Buffalo Landmark

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    The Richardson Olmsted Campus, a former psychiatric center and National Historic Landmark, is seeing new life as it undergoes restoration and adaptation to a modern use....

    Reimagining A Buffalo Landmark
  • 2024
    Behind the Walls of the Forbidden City

    Behind the Walls of the Forbidden City (2024)

    Behind the Walls of the Forbidden City

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    Secluded from view by nine-meter-high walls and composed of 980 buildings, the Forbidden City in Beijing is the largest imperial palace ever built in the world. Three majestic structures form its center and host the city's ceremonies, each of which i...

    Behind the Walls of the Forbidden City
  • 2010
    The Revelation of the Pyramids

    The Revelation of the Pyramids (2010)

    The Revelation of the Pyramids

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    For centuries, the Great Pyramids have fascinated Mankind. Patrice Pooyard's The Revelation Of The Pyramids reveals what lies behind the greatest of archaeological mysteries: a message of paramount importance for humanity. From China to Peru, from Eg...

    The Revelation of the Pyramids
  • 2020
    The Untold Story of the Vatican

    The Untold Story of the Vatican (2020)

    The Untold Story of the Vatican

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    What started as a simple tomb became over a 2,000 years history the universal seat of Christendom and is today one of the most visited museum in the world with invaluable collections of Arts, Manuscripts, Maps. Using spectacular 3D modelisation and C...

    The Untold Story of the Vatican
  • 2024
    Cologne Cathedral: The French Cathedral on the Rhine

    Cologne Cathedral: The French Cathedral on the Rhine (2024)

    Cologne Cathedral: The French Cathedral on the Rhine

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    An exploration of Cologne Cathedral, an emblematic monument and world heritage site. The towering place of worship took over 600 years to complete. Once the tallest building in the world, its ornate facade remains a masterpiece of Gothic architecture...

    Cologne Cathedral: The French Cathedral on the Rhine
  • 2022
    Angkor et Les Mystères de L'Empire Khmer

    Angkor et Les Mystères de L'Empire Khmer (2022)

    Angkor et Les Mystères de L'Empire Khmer

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    Angkor et Les Mystères de L'Empire Khmer
  • 2019
    Architecture of Infinity

    Architecture of Infinity (2019)

    Architecture of Infinity

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    How can structures, which take up defined, rigid portions of space, make us feel transcendence? How can chapels turn into places of introspection? How can walls grant boundless freedom? Driven by intense childhood impressions, director Christoph Sch...

    Architecture of Infinity
  • 2020
    The Whisper of Ziggurat: Untold Secrets of Elamite Civilization

    The Whisper of Ziggurat: Untold Secrets of Elamite Civilization (2020)

    The Whisper of Ziggurat: Untold Secrets of Elamite Civilization

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    5000 years ago the ancient Elamites established a glorious civilization that lasted about three millennia. They created marvelous works in architecture and craftsmanship. These works of art depict the lifestyle, thoughts, and beliefs of the Elamites....

    The Whisper of Ziggurat: Untold Secrets of Elamite Civilization
  • 2012
    Echo Of The Past: The Terrence Tower

    Echo Of The Past: The Terrence Tower (2012)

    Echo Of The Past: The Terrence Tower

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    A historical documentary documenting the rise, function, and abandonment of a 17 story building that once housed The Rochester Psychiatric Center. This film tells the story of the building through historical footage, interviews of former staff and p...

    Echo Of The Past: The Terrence Tower
  • 2020
    Frank Lloyd Wright: Phoenix From the Ashes

    Frank Lloyd Wright: Phoenix From the Ashes (2020)

    Frank Lloyd Wright: Phoenix From the Ashes

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    A portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959), a genius of modern architecture, whose life passed between glory, scandal and tragedy....

    Frank Lloyd Wright: Phoenix From the Ashes
  • 2023
    The Giza Pyramids: Reaching for the Stars

    The Giza Pyramids: Reaching for the Stars (2023)

    The Giza Pyramids: Reaching for the Stars

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    Explores the Pyramids of Giza as Egyptologists try to unravel the mysteries and decipher the clues behind these stone giants built over 4,500 years ago....

    The Giza Pyramids: Reaching for the Stars
  • 2019
    Bauhaus 100

    Bauhaus 100 (2019)

    Bauhaus 100

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    In 1919 an art school opened in Germany that would change the world forever. It was called the Bauhaus. A century later, its radical thinking still shapes our lives today. Bauhaus 100 is the story of Walter Gropius, architect and founder of the Bauh...

    Bauhaus 100
  • 1973
    The Fifth Facade: The Making of the Sydney Opera House

    The Fifth Facade: The Making of the Sydney Opera House (1973)

    The Fifth Facade: The Making of the Sydney Opera House

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    On 20 October 1973, the Sydney Opera House was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II. From conception to completion, it had taken more than 15 years and over $100 million dollars. In the years since its completion, the Sydney Opera House has become...

    The Fifth Facade: The Making of the Sydney Opera House
  • 2021
    Narbonne: The Second Rome

    Narbonne: The Second Rome (2021)

    Narbonne: The Second Rome

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    More than 2.000 years ago, Narbonne in today's Département Aude was the capital of a huge Roman province in Southern Gaul - Gallia Narbonensis. It was the second most important Roman port in the western Mediterranean and the town was one of the most ...

    Narbonne: The Second Rome
  • 2018
    Operation: Jane Walk

    Operation: Jane Walk (2018)

    Operation: Jane Walk

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    The war zone of a dystopian multiplayer shooting game is used to embark some urban explorers on a winter walk, avoiding the combats whenever possible, as peaceful observers, inhabitants of a digital world, which is a detailed replica of Midtown Manha...

    Operation: Jane Walk
  • 2022
    The Little Church That Could

    The Little Church That Could (2022)

    The Little Church That Could

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    Amidst a mostly Catholic community, a small tiny Anglican church offers more to the community of Placentia than people may think, and holds many connections and history to the rest of the world....

    The Little Church That Could
  • 2014
    Hagia Sophia

    Hagia Sophia (2014)

    Hagia Sophia

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    Considered the finest example of Byzantine architecture in the world, Hagia Sophia was constructed on a scale unprecedented in human history. Built in the amazingly short time of five years, it bears witness to an amazing scientific knowledge and a r...

    Hagia Sophia