The work of Fernand Pouillon, "France's most wanted" architect after being imprisoned and mysteriously escaping in the 1960s, now seems to have faded into the background. However, in 50 years he has built more than 5 million square meters, mainly between France and Algeria, at a frantic pace, traveling tens of thousands of kilometers per week, by propeller plane, to go to construction sites. at night or at dawn between Marseille, Paris, Algiers or in the middle of the desert, until you burn your wings. Among others, Fernand Pouillon decided to build houses for the most modest.
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.
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.
Alan Yentob profiles the most successful female architect there has ever been, the late Zaha Hadid, who designed buildings around the globe from Austria to Azerbaijan.
A story about the first Serbian Olympian who won bronze medal at the first Olympic games in 1896, also a world class architect.
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.
Heralded as a palace among minor and major league baseball stadiums, Silver Stadium set a standard of excellence from opening day. From May 1929 through the 1990s Silver Stadium served as home to Rochester's historic baseball team, The Rochester Red Wings, as well as many other sporting teams. When not being used as a baseball stadium, the space served as center stage for a variety of traveling acts. Hear from the people closest to the history of this magnificent facility as they take you on a journey through The Memories of Silver.
Un viaggio nelle pieghe intime di uno degli architetti di fama del ventennio fascista, Piero Portaluppi, uomo eclettico, ambiguo e complesso. Alla riscoperta del suo diario filmico, un archivio inedito in 16mm girato e montato dall`architetto, si aggiungono le riprese nel presente delle sue opere, in un continuo rimando tra presente e passato che ritratta il volto di un personaggio, di una famiglia e della storia di un Paese.
In Giappone per un film sulla pace, un'attrice francese ha una relazione appassionata con un architetto giapponese. Questo amore le ricorda quello che durante la guerra ebbe nella nativa Nevers con un giovane soldato tedesco, ucciso sotto i suoi occhi. Sa benissimo che il tempo, così come ha cancellato quel dolore, cancellerà il suo nuovo amore rendendo, però, la passione presente ancora più travolgente.
Durante una gita in barca, Anna scompare misteriosamente su un'isola semideserta. Il suo fidanzato, Sandro e l'amica Claudia si mettono alla sua ricerca.
A portrait of Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959), a genius of modern architecture, whose life passed between glory, scandal and tragedy.
A documentary film about Seoul City Hall Construction. The construction project has a hard going in every way. A city plan, excessive administrative notions, a design and all got mingled up. Can the project sail, yes?
When Seung-min was on his first year at the Academy of Architecture, he met Seo-yeon. She was a musician student, and Seung-min totally fell in love with her. Years have passed, and now he meets Seo-yeon again - she asks him to rebuild her father's old house.
Lichter is an episodic tale from Hans-Christian Schmid about the life on the border between Germany and Poland. The film sheds light on the everyday stories of escape and desperateness.
In 1914, the Czech architect Jan Letzel designed in the Japanese city of Hiroshima Center for the World Expo, which has turned into ruins after the atomic bombing in August 1945. “Atomic Dome” – all that remains of the destroyed palace of the exhibition – has become part of the Hiroshima memorial. In 2007, French sculptor, painter and film director Jean-Gabriel Périot assembled this cinematic collage from hundreds of multi-format, color and black and white photographs of different years’ of “Genbaku Dome”.
Tom Hansen vive a Los Angeles, è un giovane scrittore di cartoline presso una società di biglietti d’auguri che si esercita anche per diventare un architetto. Alla società di cartoline arriva Sole Finn, la nuova assistente del capo, e viene presentata a Tom: per lui è subito colpo di fulmine, ma i due punti di vista nettamente contrari sull’idea di rapporti privati si fanno subito vedere e saranno alla causa della loro rottura.
Follows a Serbian refugees mother and daughter, as they struggle to navigate the many obstacles facing newcomers to Canada.
Catalan architect Antonio Gaudí (1852-1926) designed some of the world's most astonishing buildings, interiors, and parks; Japanese director Hiroshi Teshigahara constructed some of the most aesthetically audacious films ever made. With camera work as bold and sensual as the curves of his subject's organic structures, Teshigahara immortalizes Gaudí on film.
Stati Uniti d'America, 1970. Jack è un ingegnere psicopatico con tendenze ossessivo-compulsive. Dopo aver ammazzato una donna che gli aveva chiesto soccorso per strada, si convince di dover continuare ad uccidere per raggiungere la perfezione. Ogni suo omicidio deve essere un'opera d'arte: sempre più complessa e ingegnosa. Inizia così una partita a scacchi contro la polizia, lunga dodici anni, condotta dal più astuto e spietato omicida seriale.