The McIntyre Block (1977)
Género : Documental
Tiempo de ejecución : 20M
Director : Robert Lower
Sinopsis
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 the marginalized and history's leftovers. A snapshot of a fading era, now gone for good.
Architect, engineer, geometrician, cartographer, philosopher, futurist, inventor of the famous geodesic dome and one of the most brilliant thinkers of his time. Fuller was renowned for his comprehensive perspective on the world's problems. For more than five decades he developed pioneering solutions reflecting his commitment to the potential of innovative design to create technology that does "more with less" and thereby improve human lives. He spent much of his life traveling the world lecturing and discussing his ideas with thousands of audiences. Now more relevant than ever, this film captures Fuller's ideas and thinking told in his own words.
Gaudi's Sagrada Familia has been continuously under construction since 1882.
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Acostumbrada a la tranquilidad de Illinois donde tiene su residencia, la Dra. Kate Forester se traslada a un ajetreado hospital de Chicago. Lo que más la duele es desprenderse de su preciosa casa de madera con unas enormes ventanas que dan al lago. Pero se la alquila a un desconocido, al que deja una nota pidiéndole que le reenvíe el correo a la nueva dirección. Alex Wyler, el nuevo inquilino, es un frustrado arquitecto con mucho talento que tiene una conexión especial con la casa.
Para intentar superar la reciente y trágica pérdida de su hija, el arquitecto John Baxter y su mujer Laura se trasladan a Venecia con el encargo de restaurar una vieja iglesia. Durante su estancia conocerán a un par de ancianas que dicen haber entrado en comunicación con su difunta hija y que les advierten de un peligro inminente.
A documentary film about Seoul City Hall Construction. The construction project has a hard going in every way. A city plan, excessive administrative notions, a design and all got mingled up. Can the project sail, yes?
Nazi Third Reich propaganda film that used architecture as a statement about "racial accomplishment," and so called "racial superiority." Hitler claimed that between 1934 and 1940, the Nazi rule of Germany had produced architectural uniqueness, and this film was produced to shown to attempt to validate that. The opening montage gives a survey of earlier Gothic and Baroque structures in the country as an example of "architectural superiority" that the German race was said to be the sole inventor of; then moves on to deride the recent construction of the Bauhaus school (with a racially motivated score of Jazz music) and an example of German "architectural decay." Then proceeds to show off buildings constructed by the Nazi and an architectural revival, to "last 1000 years," Film also spends a great of time dwelling on massive and "busy" monuments that had been erected all over the county.
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Vertical Expectations is a documentary that explores the nexus between architecture, development and society through an ethnographic analysis of the current building of the Shard.
Éste pseudo-documental surrealista es un homenaje de Guy Maddin a su ciudad natal: Winnipeg (Manitoba). (FILMAFFINITY)
Diller Scofidio + Renfro has long been at the forefront of design with provocative exhibitions that blurred the boundaries between art and architecture. This film captures their extraordinary evolution and unique process in reimagining the public identities of Lincoln Center and the once derelict High Line railroad tracks.
A year in the life of one of America's most innovative classrooms where students design & build to transform their hometown community. The film follows Emily Pilloton and Matt Miller as they teach the fundamentals of design, architecture and construction to a class of high school juniors in rural North Carolina.
Narra la historia de una mujer llamada Ingrid, que tras quedarse ciega decide volver a su hogar en busca de tranquilidad.
Nominated for an Academy Award, this live-action short film playfully chronicles the construction of the Tishman Building at 666 Fifth Avenue in New York City.
Destroyed in a dramatic and highly-publicized implosion, the Pruitt-Igoe public housing complex has become a widespread symbol of failure amongst architects, politicians and policy makers. The Pruitt-Igoe Myth explores the social, economic and legislative issues that led to the decline of conventional public housing in America, and the city centers in which they resided, while tracing the personal and poignant narratives of several of the project's residents. In the post-War years, the American city changed in ways that made it unrecognizable from a generation earlier, privileging some and leaving others in its wake. The next time the city changes, remember Pruitt-Igoe.
When he takes his girlfriend to a seedy abortion clinic in the back room of a combination hair salon / bordello, Guy Maddin meets the madam’s daughter and falls in love. But she won’t let any man touch her until her father’s murder has been avenged.
Un arquitecto norteamericano llega a Roma, acompañado de su esposa, con motivo de una exposición dedicada al artista francés del sigo XVIII Étienne-Louise Boullée. El arquitecto, a lo largo del tiempo, se obsesiona con unos tremendos dolores de estómago, convencido de que está relacionado con que su mujer está teniendo una aventura con otro colega italiano.
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Nick (Kevin Anderson), un profesor de arquitectura, va a ver a su madre (Kim Novak), que está a punto de morir. Pero, al mismo tiempo, debe impedir la demolición de un edificio de hierro que Paul (Bill Pullman), un despiadado promotor inmobiliario y antiguo amigo suyo (Bill Pullman), está a punto de llevar a cabo. Cuando Nick se enamora de Jane (Pamela Gidley), la mujer de Paul, éste tienta al destino, tratando de desentrañar el oscuro y siniestro secreto que se oculta en el edificio. (FILMAFFINITY)
Dom Cobb es un ladrón hábil, el mejor de todos, especializado en el peligroso arte de extracción: el robo de secretos valiosos desde las profundidades del subconsciente durante el estado de sueño cuando la mente está más vulnerable. Esta habilidad excepcional de Cobb le ha hecho un jugador codiciado en el traicionero nuevo mundo de espionaje corporativo, pero al mismo tiempo, le ha convertido en un fugitivo internacional y ha tenido que sacrificar todo que le importaba. Ahora a Cobb se le ofrece una oportunidad para redimirse. Con un último trabajo podría recuperar su vida anterior, pero solamente si logra lo imposible.
