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I Am the Architect
An elderly retired Modernist Architect called Clive, In his attic, Clive builds a model of a modernist Utopian City.
Four Shorts on Architecture
A visual essay on contemporary Kiwi architecture.
Cecil Balmond: Visionary Engineer and Architect
"Cecil Balmond: Visionary Engineer and Architect" is a compelling documentation of a unique thinker and practitioner at the height of his architectural career. Through his conversation with architecture theorist and critic, Sanford Kwinter, Balmond reveals his vision and talent while the two tour his retrospective exhibition at the Graham Foundatio..
Hostile Architecture: The Fight Against the Homeless
You have probably seen it before and never even noticed. Metal bars dividing public benches. Perhaps tiny spikes sticking out of a railing or half wall. These are examples of a form of city planning that the general public has coined as hostile architecture. Hostile architecture, sometimes called defensive architecture, is a method of urban design ..
The Last Architect
In the year 2446, the Earth is completely covered by buildings. Nova, the last architect, doesn’t have a job anymore, but she wins a contest that will change her life.
Architecture and design of man and woman
Using Alexander Tsiaras' groundbreaking imaging techniques, this program reveals the architecture of the human body in an entirely new and fluid way. Data gathered with the latest digital technologies has enabled Tsiaras and his team to construct, system by system, comprehensive three-dimensional animations of both male and female forms. Muscles an..
I Really Get Into It: The Underage Architects of Sioux Falls Punk
Largely ignored and left to their own devices, a group of unassuming teenagers in late 80s and early 90s Sioux Falls, South Dakota created their own culture, community, and economy. And when they moved out into the world at large, they brought what they learned along with them. I Really Get Into It: The Underage Architects of Sioux Falls Punk is a ..
The Architect
The architect of ideology attempts to design a rationale to exist within the ambiguous territory located between "is" and "ought", and discovers that he has encountered an unresolvable dilemma.
Aboriginal Architecture, Living Architecture
Everyone is familiar with certain types of Aboriginal architecture. Traditional igloos and tepees are two of the most enduring symbols of North America itself. But how much do we really know about the types of structures Native Peoples designed, engineered and built? For more than three hundred years, Native communities in North America have had vi..
Hostile Architecture
A short film by Charli Rogers
Spaces: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph
Spaces: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph is a 1983 American short documentary film narrated by Cliff Robertson and produced by Bob Eisenhardt about the work of architect Paul Rudolph. It recreates a genuine sense of the personal presense of the late modern architect and the ambience of his studio. Mr. Rudolph was widely recognized within the archit..
Architecture
A stop motion opus made up of hundreds of hand-painted wooden blocks that takes the viewer through a brief history of architecture. Primitive structures evolve into larger buildings...
Japan: 3 Generations of Avant-Garde Architects
Japan's establishment as an economic superpower led to a Golden Age of Japanese architecture. Six innovators stand out particularly, fusing Japanese traditions with modern materials and technology.
Dancing to Architecture - A Motion Picture About TINA
Dancing to Architecture was the first open source documentary of its kind and is to date the only existing motion picture account of the phenomenal This Is Not Art festivals (TINA) - held in Newcastle, Australia every year in October. Filmed in 2002, Dancing to Architecture is essential for anyone who wants to gain an impression of what the TINA fe..
Audio Architecture -airflow-
Animated music video by Mizushiri Yoriko, who creates animations that tickle the tactile senses of the viewer and stimulate the internal organs with humorous and sensual movements. Here, a range of sensations are contrasted with the lyrics of the song. Multiple familiar objects, such as sushi, tissues, and balloons, show the same movement at the be..
Citizen Architect: Samuel Mockbee and the Spirit of the Rural Studio
Documentary about an architecture school based in rural Alabama that focuses on building projects for the local community.
L'apprenti architecte
Jim's mother brings him to an architect's office to secure a position for him, and he is accepted. After clinging lovingly to his ma, he is induced to abandon his strangle hold, and he is taken into the drafting room. Here two clerks make merry with him, but he managed to even matters unconsciously by leaning on the heavy end of a table, upsetting ..
Built to Last – Relics of Communist Era Architecture
A series of ten short experimental films exploring the fate of grand Soviet-style buildings and monuments erected during the communist era (1945-89) in Central and Eastern Europe.
