Architecture And Power

Having previously investigated the architecture of Hitler and Stalin's regimes, Jonathan Meades turns his attention to another notorious 20th-century...

The history of the Teatro Amazonas in Manaus, an opera house located in the middle of the Amazon rainforest, whose construction, between 1884 and...

Charles Rennie Mackintosh, architect, designer and artist is celebrated around the world as one of the most significant talents to have emerged in...

The film examines Mackintosh's iconic buildings, notably the Glasgow School of Art. Interwoven with his architecture, design and watercolours is the...

In 1950 architect Anthony B. Almeida was one of the first to introduce modern architecture in Tanzania. At that time architectural modernism was the...

A group of young architects, confined to a forest in Barcelona during the COVID crisis, explore the problems generated by the ambition of wanting to...

Comprising new and archival footage, this film observes rituals performed by the South Asian, African, and Caribbean diaspora in Britain,...

A documentary about montreal architect Roger D'astous, who battled all his life to create a nordic architecture. Starchitect in the 60s, this Frank...

Invisible Water Layers discusses and questions the origins of Teresina and its urbanization over the years. The film deals with the move from the...

A film about the artist Daniel Spoerri. It's actually a film about a thought by Daniel Spoerri: a film almost without Daniel Spoerri, it's actually...

5000 years ago the ancient Elamites established a glorious civilization that lasted about three millennia. They created marvelous works in...

Vertical Expectations is a documentary that explores the nexus between architecture, development and society through an ethnographic analysis of the...

Pessac, Quartiers Modernes Frugès: The camera goes from living room to living room, from yard to bath, kitchen to balcony, strolls through a...

A travelogue celebrating the 1939 Golden Gate Exposition and highlighting its exhibition of classical paintings and stunning lighting effects.

This is a short documentary about the old City of Buenos Aires and the new one. It’s an observational piece where the old photos of the same...

A documentary film about Seoul City Hall Construction. The construction project has a hard going in every way. A city plan, excessive administrative...

Ladies of good families and social standing come to have their afternoon tea with their daughters who will someday follow in the same tradition. A...

A turn of the 20th Century office block at Portage and Main. What was once Winnipeg's most prestigious commercial address has become a catch-all for...

With the construction of the Indian planned city of Chandigarh, the Swiss and French architect Le Corbusier completed his life's work 70 years ago....