Movies: Architecture history
- 2022
The Builders of the Alhambra (2022)
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Kingdom of Granada, al-Andalus, 14th century. After recognizing that his land, always under siege, is hopelessly doomed to be conquered, Sultan Yusuf I undertakes the construction of a magnificent fortress with the purpose of turning it into the land...
- 2018
The Real Thing (2018)
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A smaller scale Eiffel Tower and the Champs-Elysées can be found just outside Shanghai; a copy of St. Peter’s in Rome can be found in Yamoussoukro, in the Ivory Coast: a journey over three continents to see the architecture of imitation, the uncanny ...
- 2018
Jørn Utzon: The Man & the Architect (2018)
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The documentary tells the story of Sydney Opera House architect Jørn Utzon's unique gift, brought to the world with the unending support of Lis, the love of his life. His story is told by the people who were closest to him: his children, close collea...
- 1980
Architecture (1980)
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A stop motion opus made up of hundreds of hand-painted wooden blocks that takes the viewer through a brief history of architecture. Primitive structures evolve into larger buildings......
- 1986
Mies (1986)
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No understanding of the modern movement in architecture is possible without knowledge of its master builder, Mies van der Rohe. Together with documentation of his life, this film shows all his major buildings, as well as rare film footage of Mies exp...
- 2024
The Little Ancestor (2024)
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An ancestral house builds itself, comes to life, and shows us its story spanning one hundred fifty years. Through the ages, it allows us to perceive the passage of time....
- 2012
Salt Lake City: A Downtown Story (2012)
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In the very core of Salt Lake City, two special downtown blocks serve as a mirror. Just a handful of acres of land hold more than 150 years of the Utah story. On planners' maps, they're known as Salt Lake City Blocks 75 and 76. But to generations who...
- 2017
Khéops, mystérieuses découvertes (2017)
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- 2022
Apollonie, les dieux avaient raison (2022)
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- 2019
Génie Français – Les Forteresses de Vauban (2019)
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- 2022
DUE SEGNI (2022)
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A film commissioned by architects Vitangelo Ardito and Nicoletta Faccitondo (Polytechnic University of Bari) as a companion piece to the book 'Umberto Riva. Perciò è sempre una sorpresa - 19 conversazioni'....
- 2022
Cambodge, la magie khmère (2022)
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- 1969
Living memories (1969)
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Living Memories is a documentary film that traces the history of the director’s neighborhood and native country, Haiti, through a personal and engaged perspective. Brick by brick, through encounters and wanderings throughout Port-au-Prince’s neighbor...
- 2023
L'Énigme de la pyramide maudite : Dahchour (2023)
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- 2010
Desert Utopia: Mid-Century Architecture in Palm Springs (2010)
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Southern California’s Coachella Valley, including the communities of Palm Springs, Palm Desert, Desert Hot Springs, boasts hundreds of extraordinary midcentury modern homes, public buildings and commercial structures. Modern designers such as William...
- 2009
Peaarhitektid (2009)
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- 2009
Ray Kappe: California Modern Master - Forty Years of Modular Evolution (2009)
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Explorations in 21st Century American Architecture Series: Ray Kappe has long been a cult figure in the architectural scene in and around Los Angeles. In 1972, he founded the influential, avant garde Southern California Institute of Architecture (S...
- 1975
The Great Houses of Ireland (1975)
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Ireland’s great houses, towers and castles, including Yeats’ Tower House, Bunratty Castle, Butler Castle and Castletown House....
- 2022
Teatro Amazonas: The Art of Sound and Nature (2022)
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The history of the Teatro Amazonas in Manaus, an opera house located in the middle of the Amazon rainforest, whose construction, between 1884 and 1896, depended on the labor exploitation of the local indigenous populations, provides an insight into t...
- 2012
Perret in France and Algeria (2012)
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Lauded artist-filmmaker Heinz Emigholz (Schindler's Houses) offers an exquisite excursus on the work of pioneering French architect Auguste Perret, including privileged views of his innovative concrete structures in Algeria and such magnificent landm...