Stars of the Built World

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  • Prefab Future House

    Movie

    Peter Stutchbury Architects new solution to prefabricated affordable housing from one of Australia’s most celebrated modern architects. A Shelter Original Film.

  • Arthur Erickson's Dyde House

    Movie

    Long before Arthur Erickson built many of Canada’s most iconic buildings, he was a young architect for a family looking to build a home in the Alberta prairies. Deeply private, the Dyde family gave him space to explore his bold vision for a Canadian architectural style, with one caveat — the home...

  • Renzo Piano: The Architect of Light

    Movie

    Architect Renzo Piano and Director Carlos Saura discuss their view on the relationship between architecture and cinema and show us the magic surrounding the Centro Botín in Cantabria, Spain. This gigantic building as imagined by Renzo Piano is a building that through time, will modify the soul of...

  • Where Architects Live

    Movie

    8 architects, 8 houses, 8 stories, 8 paradigms of contemporary living. The diary of an exploration into the houses and private spaces of 8 protagonists of world architecture: Shigeru Ban, Mario Bellini, David Chipperfield, Massimiliano and Doriana Fuksas, Zaha Hadid, Marcio Kogan, Daniel Libeskin...

  • Luc Durand: Leaving Delhi

    Movie

    Canadian architect Luc Durand studied in Switzerland with Montparnasse Tower's Eugene Beaudoin, built numerous structures in Nehru's India, designed both the Quebec Pavilion for the iconic Expo ’67 and the monumental Athletes’ Housing complex for the 1976 Olympic Games. Now at 84, he's back in Ne...

  • My City with Jakob Dunkl

    1 season

    Viennese architect Jakob Dunkl (querkraft Architekten) explores key modern and fascinating buildings in major European cities. Dunkl meets architects, artists, museum directors, urban planners and other city enthusiasts, discussing architecture with luminaries such as such as Dominique Perrault, ...

  • Zaha Hadid: An Architect, A Masterpiece

    Movie

    One of the most celebrated architects in the world, Zaha Hadid was the first woman to receive the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2004. The Heydar Aliyev Center of Baku in Azerbaijan expresses a new kind of space in the city. Discovering the curves and secrets of this last amazing achievement, the...

  • Plan for Buenos Aires

    Movie

    In 1929 the famous French architect Le Corbusier travels to Buenos Aires to give a series of lectures on Modern Architecture. During his visit he proposed an urban plan for the city.

    Since his trip and for more than twenty years he would obsessively develop his proposal, trying by all possible ...

  • Amancio Williams

    Movie

    A key figure in Argentine modern architecture, renowned and admired worldwide for his famous “House over the Creek”, which was left in ruins after a fire. The documentary depicts Amancio Williams´ life, work, and emblematic projects: his innovative ideas and proposals, Le Corbusier's recognition,...

  • The Ariston

    Movie

    In 1947 Marcel Breuer visited Argentina and designed The Ariston in the city of Mar del Plata. With the passing of time, the Ariston will be forgotten and its slow destruction will begin. Its history leads us to think on the importance of architectural heritage.

  • Having a Cigarette with Alvaro Siza

    Movie

    Talking about architecture with Álvaro Siza Vieira, recipient of the Prizker Prize and one of this century’s finest architects, as well as socialist and passionate smoker. The film spotlights his early work and allows the viewer to gain insight into Siza's way of working and thinking.

    “Architect...