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 Bauhaus, and the teachers and students he gathered to form this influential school. Traumatised by his experiences during the Great War, and determined that technology should never again be used for destruction, Gropius decided to reinvent the way art and design were taught. At the Bauhaus, all the disciplines would come together to create the buildings of the future, and define a new way of living in the modern world.
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 explaining his philosophy. Phyllis Lambert relates her choice of Mies as the architect for the Seagram building. Mies's achievements and continuing influence are debated by architects Robert A.M. Stern, Robert Venturi, and Philip Johnson, by former students and by architectural historians. Mies is seen in rare documentary footage.
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 world of the fake.
"Chair Times" charts a course through an ocean of chairs. In the focus are 125 objects from the Collection of the Vitra Design Museum. Arranged according to their year of production, they illustrate development from 1807 to the very latest designs straight off the 3D printer, forming a timeline to modern seating design. The film features many people whose vocations involve design and who are experts in the field, such as designers Hella Jongerius, Antonio Citterio and Ronan Bouroullec, architects and collectors Arthur Rüegg and Ruggero Tropeano, architect David Chipperfield, Director Emeritus of MAK Vienna/Los Angeles Peter Noever, Mateo Kries, Director of the Vitra Design Museum, Vitra Design Museum curators Amelie Klein, Jochen Eisenbrand and collection curator Serge Mauduit. And your guide through the history of chairs is Rolf Fehlbaum, Chairman Emeritus of Vitra.
La historia del gueto de Varsovia (1940-43) vista desde ambos lados del muro, su legado y su recuerdo: nueva luz sobre una época trágica de división, destrucción y asesinatos en masa gracias al testimonio de supervivientes y el descubrimiento de una película de diez minutos filmada por el cineasta amateur polaco Alfons Ziółkowski en 1941.
Based on a series of interviews documentary film maker Anders Wahlgren made with architect Sven Markelius in 1969. Sven Markelius was one of the most radical architects in Sweden for many years. Since these interviews were the only recorded interviews made with Markelius we can get some insight into his philosophy 50 years later.
Siete siglos hechos piedra son derribados en un parpadeo. Así transcurre la gloria del mundo, en un abrir y cerrar de ojos.
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 finish in one of the most extensive renovations the city has ever seen.
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 decline of the palaces, through to today’s current preservation efforts. A tribute to America’s great art form and the great monuments created for audiences to enjoy them in.
El Palacio del Príncipe de Mónaco es una verdadera fortaleza construida sobre un acantilado de roca de más de 60 metros de altura. Durante más de 700 años, gobernantes y arquitectos han dejado su huella en cada piedra de este vertiginoso espacio de la casa Grimaldi.
Maurizio Sacripanti’s prefab school, designed in 1969 for the town of Molfetta, turns into a deafening film. An animated interpretation of a section of the building: holes, panels and layers of the project transform into a mechanical rhythm, but the sound of a bell alters the logic of the system.
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.
Documentary about the architecture of the Swedish housing boom in the 1960s and how it's viewed today.
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 patients who recount their memories of the behemoth facility while also exploring the abandoned building as it is today.
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.
Reino de Granada, al-Ándalus, siglo XIV. Tras reconocer que su tierra, siempre asediada, está irremediablemente condenada a ser conquistada, el sultán Yusuf I emprende la construcción de una magnífica fortaleza con el propósito de convertirla en el hito de su civilización y de su historia, un monumento glorioso que sobrevivirá al olvido de los siglos venideros: la Alhambra.
¿Por qué las pirámides de Egipto siguen fascinándonos siglo tras siglo? ¿De dónde vienen las leyendas de cámaras secretas escondidas en su interior? Una misión científica internacional lleva dos años explorando la gran pirámide de Keops. Provistos con las últimas tecnologías tratarán de desentrañar los secretos de la única de las Siete Maravillas del Mundo Antiguo que aún permanece en pie. Un extraordinario viaje a través del tiempo que ha llegado a buen término con un revelador descubrimiento. Egipcios, franceses, japoneses, canadienses... físicos de partículas, expertos en innovación y tecnología 3D, ingenieros de infrarrojos térmicos... todos ellos apasionados de la Historia antigua e integrantes de la misión científica `Scan the pyramids'. Estos exploradores han aceptado el reto de tratar de resolver un misterio que se ha perpetuado durante 4.500 años y que podría por fin esclarecerse.
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 the cultural, social and political situation in Brazil.
