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The film invites viewers to reflect on the transformative journey from a raw, anonymous block of marble to a meticulously crafted building.
The film invites viewers to reflect on the transformative journey from a raw, anonymous block of marble to a meticulously crafted building.
While easily among the most privileged of Toronto’s constituents, the fight to preserve Spadina Gardens nevertheless offers insights into the current housing crisis and about the solidarity required to preserve the rapidly disappearing soul of the city.
The "Russian blocks," as they are known, represent an important segment of Bucharest's architectural and social history. Easily distinguishable from other residential complexes, most have a generous inner courtyard dominated by green spaces and playgrounds for children, while the façade has a solemn and monumental air, featuring arches and entrance portals.
As a visibly disabled person, filmmaker Reid Davenport sets out to make a film about how he sees the world, from either his wheelchair or his two feet, without having to be seen himself. The unexpected arrival of a circus tent outside his apartment in Oakland, CA leads him to consider the history and legacy of P.T. Barnum’s Freak Show and its lingering presence in his daily life in the form of gawking, lack of access, and other forms of ableism.
First project of the Living Architectures series, Koolhaas Houselife portrays one of the masterpieces of contemporary architecture.
Living Together: The Story of De Warren is a documentary about the establishment of Housing Cooperative De Warren.
Recounting her personal story as a young girl who spent her childhood in rehabilitation centres alongside her severely disabled father, Louise Lemoine confronts her traumatic memories with the exceptional experimentation developed at REHAB in Basel, a building built twenty years ago by Herzog & de Meuron.
A poetic and personal cinematic meditation on displacement, inequality and loss, SKIN OF GLASS follows my journey upon discovering that my late father's most celebrated work as an architect, a modernist glass skyscraper in the heart of São Paulo, has become occupied by hundreds of homeless families.
Starting from 1961, Justo Gallego spent over 60 years building a cathedral the size of the Sagrada Familia using waste and recycled materials in Mejorada del Campo, Spain. He worked mostly alone, without any expertise in architecture or construction, while his community labeled him a madman
An international tech entrepreneur purchases an impossibly narrow piece of steep mountain slope in Austria, where he grew up. The building site will only allow for a 4-meter-wide house. This challenge sparks the interest of well-known architect and founding partner of OMA Rem Koolhaas.
Balkrishna Doshi (1927-2023) is one of India's most influential 20th century architects and recipient of the Pritzker Architecture Prize. Doshi and his practice Vastu-Shilpa has a portfolio spanning over 70 years, including collaborations with both Le Corbusier and Louis Kahn.
A cinematic journey along the projected route of the train takes us on a thrilling ride across the Peninsula. Through the fascinating stories and reflections of its inhabitants, the documentary unravels the environmental and social consequences of the development model imposed on the region.