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  1. 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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  2. Loos Ornamental (2010)

    Director
    Heinz Emigholz
    Subject
    Architecture; Design
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 72 minutes), $39.95

    One of the pioneers of the European Modernism in architecture, Adolf Loos turned against building ornamentation, triggering a controversy in architectural theory. His development of a "spatial plan" launched...

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  3. First Earth: Uncompromising Ecological Architecture (2010)

    Director
    David Sheen
    Subject
    Architecture; Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 90 minutes), $19.95

    FIRST EARTH is about a massive paradigm shift for shelter—building healthy houses in the old ways, out of the very earth itself, and living together like in the old days, by recreating villages. An...

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  4. 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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  5. Architectures (5 Disc Series) (2009)

    Subject
    Architecture
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 160 mins each disc approx), £12.99(each disc) £40.00 (set)

    A series of 29 programmes on five DVDs each consisting of five or six individual 26-minute films which present a privileged and unprecedented look at the work of leading architects and some of their most...

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  6. Maillart’s Bridges (2008)

    Director
    Heinz Emigholz; Karen Severns
    Subject
    Architecture; Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1, 114 minutes), $29.95

    Continuing his exploration of "architecture as autobiography," filmmaker Heinz Emigholz focuses here on the work of Swiss artist, civil engineer, and legendary bridge builder Robert Maillart, who...

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  7. Gateway Arch, The: A Refelction of America (2008)

    Subject
    Civil Engineering & Building
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 88 minutes), £24.99

    The Gateway Arch, also known as the Gateway to the West, is an integral part of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial and the iconic image of St. Louis, Missouri. It was designed by Finnish-American...

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  8. Vertical City (2007)

    Subject
    Architecture; Civil Engineering & Building
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 30 minutes), £49.00 (DVD), £20.00 (1 Year Digital Licence), £49.00 (3 Year Digital Licence)

    This DVD looks at the dream and realisation of Canary Wharf. Students will begin to appreciate the mass of factors - financial and economic, social, political, historical and geographical - that must be...

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  9. Langlands and Bell (2006)

    Subject
    Architecture; Art
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 26 minutes), £13.99

    theEYE is a series of interview-based profiles of contemporary visual artists in Britain. Each film provides a survey of an artist’s work and ideas, featuring the artist in discussion and illustrated by...

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  10. Fred Dibnah’s World of Steel, Steam and Stone - Part 1 (2006)

    Subject
    Engineering; History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 174 minutes), £19.99

    A series of 6 30-minute programmes in which the late Lancastrian steeplejack Fred Dibnah traces the development of industrialisation in Britain.

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