Present Situation, The: Doubts and Reassessment

Synopsis: Looks at urban growth and the influence of designs by Le Corbusier, Walter Gropius and Mies Van der Rohe. Philip Johnson comments on American architecture and James Stirling describes post-war town planning in Britain.
There are shots of department stores in the United States which have been designed primarily to entertain; Philip Johnson’s AT & T building in New York; Michael Graves juke-box design in Portland, Oregon. Discusses Arata Isozaki’s work in Japan, James Stirling’s museum in Stuttgart and buildings by Hans Holein in Berlin and Luxembourg.
Series: Architecture at the Crossroads, Series
Language: English
Country: Germany
Medium: Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 40 min.
Year of production: 1986
Availability: Sale
Uses: Architecture students at all levels*.
Subjects: Architecture
Keywords: architecture - American; buildings; town & regional planning

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