Movies: Architecture

Hans Scharoun has built houses which show not only structural substance and aesthetic forms but also how human beings should live in buildings. This depiction can only be imaginary - like reading invisible writing on walls. Bitomsky's film looks at s...

The architect André Ravéreau spent a large part of his life in Algeria, he is today an essential reference for Algerian builders of several generations. His daughter Maya, an architect herself, accompanies us to the places of his creations and his re...

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(New Logue Lane) 1. The sun was either setting or rising, it was impossible to tell at that particular moment. 2. Maybe, Maybe not. 3. He said we could solve his problem using methods more advanced than squinting and meditation [concentration], more ...

A documentary with and about the legendary Italian Architect Carlo Scarpa....

BEYOND ETERNITY - Architecture Facing the Impermanence is an exploration of architecture in the context of climate change, resource scarcity, circular strategies, real estate speculations and refugees crisis, framed within the context of the second e...

Studio TAMassociati is a nonprofit architecture firm recognized for designing healthcare facilities in war-torn areas. The firm champions human rights--based design in partnership with Emergency, an Italian NGO that provides medical treatment to vict...

Rachel Whiteread’s cast of a Victorian terraced house in London’s East End was hailed as one of the greatest public sculptures by an English artist in the twentieth century. Completed in autumn of 1993 and demolished in January 1994, House attracted ...

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A cultural-historical portrait of the renowned and enigmatic architect Sigurd Lewerentz, who rarely allowed himself to be captured on film....

Through booms and busts, Delft Theatres and its innovative gem The Nordic endured in Marquette, Michigan for almost 100 years. Bernie Rosendahl’s crusade to restore the historic arthouse to its former glory reveals a hidden cinema empire in the Upper...

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Wallace Dow has been referred to as the "Builder on the Prairie" and was considered the premier architect of South Dakota in the late 19th century. "W.L. Dow, Architect" is a documentary about the man who came to Dakota Territory in 1880 and built a ...

A vacant theater still has “screenings” of its own: apparitions that come to life on a curved screen without anyone to see them, creating spectacular scenes without any projectors at all....

The life of a couple is observed through the home they have left behind....

50 years after the realization of their utopias, three old architects take the director on a journey to discover extraordinary housing. A joyful journey through time, from which emerges a crucial question: how will we live tomorrow?...

With its own demolition imminent, a building reflects back upon its life, projects its own ideas of what might have been and imagines future possibilities....

A documentary film conceived as a virtual dialogue and musical journey in four acts, which investigates the responsibility of architects in building the society of tomorrow....

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