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  1. Expotopia: The Belgian World’s Fairs (2014)

    Subject
    Architecture; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL), 19 Euros

    The Brussels World’s Fair of 1958 was an important moment in the postwar history of Belgium. It was also an important monument in honour of a modern utopian era which was to bring peace and reconciliation...

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  2. Gray Matters: Architect and Designer Eileen Gray (2014)

    Director
    Marco Orsini
    Subject
    Architecture; Design
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 76 minutes), $18.71

    Documentary exploring the life of architect and designer Eileen Gray, whose uncompromising vision defined and defied the practice of modernism in decoration, design and architecture. Making a reputation with...

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  3. Renzo Piano (2014)

    Subject
    Architecture
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 74 minutes), £17.99

    It is often said of the world famous architect Renzo Piano that he has never developed a recognisable style. But Piano’s style is to grapple primarily with the sites and to tease from them uniquely...

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  4. Peter Ackroyd’s Venice (2013)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 164 minutes), £19.99

    Historian and novelist Peter Ackroyd embarks on a tour of Venice based on his book ‘Pure Venice’, Ackroyd. The four-part series features chapters on The City as Architecture; The City as Art; The City as...

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  5. Sex and Sensibility: The Allure of Art Nouveau (2013)

    Subject
    Architecture; Art; Design
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 150 minutes), £240.00

    This film tells the story of Art Nouveau, beginning in the 1890s, this first international modern style was born. Art Nouveau was an explosion of new ways of depicting the world that swept rapidly from...

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  6. High Art of the Low Countries, The (2013)

    Producer
    Basil Comely
    Subject
    Art; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 150 minutes), £585.00

    Andrew Graham-Dixon explores the history of art, architecture and culture in the Low Countries, examining how the artists of Belgium and Holland were driven to search for anidentity in an area that was...

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  7. Byzantium: A Tale of Three Cities (2013)

    Producer
    Anna Cox; Jack MacInnes
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 150 minutes), £585.00

    This series sees historian Simon Sebag-Montefiore exploring the history of the city which has been the capital of three empires: Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman. He examines the faiths and traditions which have...

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  8. Speer and Hitler: The Devil’s Architect (2011)

    Director
    Heinrich Breloer
    Subject
    German studies; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 272 minutes), £19.99

    This award-winning, three-part docudrama tears open the veil of myths and half-truths obscuring a central figure of the Nazi regime. A man of profound contradictions, Albert Speer was a cultivated...

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  9. Digging for Britain (2011)

    Subject
    Archaeology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 240 minutes), £19.99

    A four-part television series in which Dr Alice Roberts follows an entire year of British archaeology, joining up the results of digs and investigations around the country. Each programme deals with sites...

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  10. Battle of the Pyramid, The (2010)

    aka: Bataille de la Pyramide, La

    Director
    Frédéric Compain
    Subject
    Architecture
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 52 minutes), 19.99 euros

    The film is based on the notepad jottings of architect Yann Weymouth, the man who worked closest to I.M. Pei, the architect who designed the Grand Louvre. Featuring a haphazard collection of sketches,...

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