Built in 1972 by Kisho Kurokawa, the Nakagin Capsule Tower is a rare, long standing example of Metabolist architecture. This portrait, filmed in 2010, gathers context surrounding the tower from its residents as well as Kurokawa’s colleagues, friends and family as they debate the current issues wi...

An intimate portrait of an Australian family transitioning away from industrial society toward a radically simple way of life.

It's 15 years since this family have eaten from a supermarket or owned a car. In this Documentary Minamalism, meets DIY and off-grid living with inspirational outcomes.

A discussion between architects and longtime friends, Lebbeus Woods and Steven Holl, regarding their collaboration, a four-story light pavilion Woods has designed for Holl's large-scale multi complex Sliced Porosity Block in Chengdu, China. Bonded by their creativity, the two recall their careers...

Critic Kenneth Frampton is a masterful commentator on the architecture of our time. Over the past fifty years he has certified himself as a prolific and influential contributor towards a progressive interpretation of architecture in modern society. Architect Stan Allen interviews Frampton, questi...

Greg Lynn, one of the leading figures in computer-aided architectural design, visits the first in a series of exhibitions initiated by the Canadian Centre for Architecture for which he is the curator. The exhibition, entitled “Archaeology of the Digital”, features four individuals who bodly apply...

Filmed at an international conference of architects and engineers at Columbia University, Graduate School of Architecture, Engineered Transparency explores the timeline of glass as a material and its significance within the architectural community. After its role in the last century’s call to a r...

With the participation of John Hejduk, the members of a graduating class at the Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture of The Cooper Union in New York City explain the imaginative solutions to their fifth-year thesis assignment. Through a riveting combination of landscape, space, narrative and cr...

House of Adaptation takes viewers on a journey through the minds of the people that gave life to a climate-adaptive building. In 2020, the NGO The Global Center on Adaptation was in search of a location, to establish their headquarters. The city of Rotterdam proposed to donate a unique building t...

This documentary showcases Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, highlighting its unique design and construction. Gehry discusses his creative process, from initial sketches to using advanced computer technology, resulting in the iconic, sculptural building.

The architectural firm GROUP A explores the past and future of their practice
by inviting peers, clients, colleagues and friends to a roundtable discussion. Unexpected questions
create a unique dynamic in this remarkable format. They reveal the fragilities of being an architect
today, and questio...

"Building for People" surveys town planning and architecture, tracing the evolution from village greens to modern urban centers. It contrasts chance-driven designs of the Industrial Revolution with today's systematic approach, following a design team as they create community-focused spaces that m...

Reimagining Manhattan’s Downtown follows twenty of the fifty architects invited, by the Max Protetch Gallery, to submit their proposals for a new World Trade Center and memorial. Architects such as Billie Tsien, Hugh Hardy and Monica Ponce de Leon reveal their views on design, the urbanism of dow...

Through the story of the construction of the new Munch Museum in Oslo, carried out for over twelve years by a small Spanish architecture studio, studio Herreros, we discover the astonishing transformation of the Norwegian capital. What should museums of the future be like? And cities? How do we w...

Through a blend of Japanese history and Western influence, Arata Isozaki has built a career around his distinct architectural style. Challenging the concepts of space, form and tradition, Isozaki’s work binds artistic movements and methods together in riveting new forms. This film follows Isozaki...

The definitive documentary on the early history of Modernist architecture in the United States, rooted in New England. Featuring both well-known and lesser-known architects, it explores how bold design reshaped the region and influenced the nation. A must for architecture students and enthusiasts...

“A Symphony in Stone” celebrates Glasgow's stunning cityscape and architecture, tracing its evolution from Industrial Revolution wealth to innovative urban design. The film explores how tenements shaped the townscape and highlights the influence of art nouveau and modern materials, epitomized by ...

The end of the 1980’s saw a new architectural sensibility that challenged the prevailing post-Modern attitude. Driven by the philosophy of Derrida, architects of Deconstructivism urge us to be concious of the space we move through. Deconstructivist Architects documents daring and seemingly chaoti...

Our cities are an expression of the social and economic imbalance that exists in our cities. Casa Bloc was conceived as the antithesis of this general drift. At the time, it was the first
decent building designed for the working class in Spain, in the 30s of the 20th century, but it fell into the...

This documentary follows the transformation of a terraced building in the Welsh Valleys into an eco-friendly, energy self-sufficient home. In clear, accessible language, it details the DIY process—from erecting steelwork, installing hemp insulation, and fitting underfloor heating, to integrating ...

This documentation chronicles Peter Eisenman's creation of a major sculpture in the center of Berlin, the idea for which was initiated by a group who demanded a visible acknowledgement of the dark episode in their country’s past. The film invites prominent German politicians, literati, academicia...

In 2012, a small group of preservationists stood before the hollowed-out shell of the unique and historic 1873 Forest Grove School No. 5. In the shadow of the gray, windowless, sagging structure they decided it could, and should, be saved.

Resurrecting Forest Grove cinematically tells the dramat...