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High Gothic to Hi-Tech: A Short History of British Architecture (1997)

Subject

Architecture

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 27 minutes), £65.00

The architecture of our towns and cities can, at first sight, seem a bewildering jigsaw puzzle of different styles from different ages. This film explains the evolution and development of British...

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Greg Lynn on Calculus in Architecture (2009)

Subject

Architecture; Mathematics

Greg Lynn talks about the mathematical roots of architecture and how calculus and digital tools allow modern designers to move beyond the traditional building forms. A glorious church in Queens (and a...

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Number 24 Beizongbu Hutong: Liang Sicheng and Lin Huiyin’s Former Residence (2009)

Subject

Architecture; Geography

This documentary displays the dilapidated state of the former 20th Century hutong residence of Mr. Liang Sicheng and his wife Ms. Lin Huiyin in Beijing. The couple were among China’s most famous art and...

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Country Houses

Subject

Architecture; Design; History

This film looks at the development of British country houses and gardens over 400 years, since the time of Henry VIII.

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Regency Town House (1998)

Subject

Architecture; Civil Engineering & Building

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 30 minutes), £65.00

Follows the conservation and repair of a Grade II Listed Regency town house. While focussing on a range of craft techniques, it also explores some of the principles and legislative framework which affect the...

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Bauhaus: Myth of the Modern (1998)

aka: Bauhaus: Model and Myth

Director

Kerstin Stutterheim; Niels Bolbrinker

Subject

Architecture; Art

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 90 minutes), £145.00 (University rate)

This documentary tells the story of the Bauhaus school from its foundation by Walter Gropius in 1919, through its tumultuous history and far-reaching influence on 20th century art, design and architecture....

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Thoughts on the Design of Cities and Buildings (2008)

Subject

Architecture; Design

Video recording of the 2008 RSA Bossom Lecture on architecture given by Richard Rogers. (50 minutes)

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Bauhausworld: The Effect (2019)

Director

Lydia Ranke

Subject

Architecture; Design

How has the Bauhaus school of architecture and design, Germany’s best-known art school, shaped the world we live in today? This is a three-part documentary to mark the 100th anniversary of the opening of...

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Rebel Architecture (2014)

Subject

Architecture; Environmental science

A six-part documentary series from Al Jazeera profiling architects who are using design as a form of activism and resistance to tackle the world’s urban, environmental and social crises. The series follows...

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Ben Building: Mussolini, Monuments and Modernism (2016)

Subject

Architecture

Jonathan Meades investigates the architecture of Mussolini’s Italy. He finds a dictator caught between the forces of modernism and a revivalism that harked back to ancient Rome.

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