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Mario Botta: The Sacred the Profane
Movie
The film explores the fundamental questions that drive Swiss architect Mario Botta's exploration of space. Through Botta's personal testimony and reflections from critics and artists, the documentary investigates the oppositional concepts of the sacred and the profane that are integral to his wor...
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Melbourne International
Movie
Coming March 20.
A film describing the development of International Style corporate architecture in the city of Melbourne, Australia. Spanning the period 1950-1980, the film charts the rise of the glass box, curtained walled office building and explores subsequent local developments of the genre. -
Waterloo
Set inside a 1978 high-rise Housing Development Board building in Singapore, this once dark and segmented Waterloo Street apartment has been transformed by a multi-disciplinary design studio three-d conceptwerke into a bright, comfortable, and flexible space where the owners can live, work and play.
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Paris Duplex Extension
Located near Paris’ Porte D’Ivry, Architect Olivier Menard of Archibien wanted additional space for his growing family without needing to relocate.
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Burke Museum
The Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture is the oldest public museum in Washington State with a collection of over 18 million artifacts and specimens, ranging from totem poles and gemstones to dinosaur fossils. The problem was the visitors never got to experience the artifacts because they...
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Little Black Cabin
It was love at first sight for Stewart Smith of Smith Architects when he saw this late 1800s workers’ cottage in Black Heath, in the Blue Mountains of NSW.
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Regular or Super
Movie
Famous for designing such landmarks as New York's Seagram Building, Toronto’s Dominion Centre and numerous buildings in Chicago, van der Rohe was best known for his minimalist designs. His obsession with purity and simplicity and his adherence to his belief that "less is more" influenced the way ...
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Aldo Rossi Design
Movie
The documentary covers the life and work of Aldo Rossi, the first Italian architect to receive the Pritzker Architecture Prize. It covers the installation of the exhibition "Aldo Rossi Design 1960-1997" at Milan's Museo del Novecento, which includes never before seen drawings, designs, prototypes...
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Tidy Space
Taking inspiration from the 18th Century Shaker movement’s belief in maintaining tidiness in their spaces, Raimana Jones of Atelier Jones Design created the aptly named Tidy Space using intuitive, meticulously crafted built-in furniture.
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Turf Houses
When the Norwegian Vikings settled in Iceland, they brought with them a tradition of building out of the earth, using natural materials such as wood, uncut stone, and soil. Known as Turf Houses, these structures became the remarkable vernacular architecture of Iceland. Today, contemporary archite...
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House in Newtown
Once narrow and dark, this 1930’s workers’ cottage was reimagined by Dean Williams of Architect George, maintaining its heritage charm and expanding the home from a tiny 30sqm to 60sqm with the addition of a second story.
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Converted Barn
After many years of searching for a sanctuary that could function as both a workspace and family home, artist Gudrun Kristjansdottir discovered a derelict barn (built in 1937) on the stunning West Coast of Iceland. Told by many that she should tear the existing structure down, Gudrun enlisted the...
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13m2 House
Nina Tolstrup and Jack Mama, of Studiomama, discovered this unique 13 sqm space as a part of a series of projects exploring the potential for small-footprint living.
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Water Tower
A young couple with a passion for minimalism take on a huge challenge when they decide to convert a disused water tower into a modern home for their growing family. With exceptional views from the top floor, the Water Tower is surrounded by lava fields, mountains and a stunning coastline.
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Prefab Cabin
Choosing to avoid the site construction process entirely, this factory-built home arrived fully finished and fulfils a long-held dream for its owners: to live a simple life with very little to clean and very little to worry about. Nestled peacefully between a 4 million-year-old volcano and the oc...
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Pinkyellow
The apartment is located in a new modern residential complex called Fayna Town, in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine.
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Glass Cottage
In the heart of an Icelandic lava desert lies a 24 square metre cottage made of glass. Here, travelers from all over the globe sleep under the spectacular Northern Lights in secluded comfort. Built for the adventurous at heart and those yearning for an escape from the city, owner Ari spent 18 mon...
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Villa Montserrat
One of 6 small houses located inside a 19th Century villa in a peaceful neighbourhood of Barcelona.
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In the Name of Wild
Movie
Ethnographers Phillip and April Vannini travel with their daughter over five years, to five continents and ten countries in search of the different meanings of wilderness, wildness, and wild nature.
The documentary explores wildness in UNESCO World Heritage sites in Australia, New Zealand, Japan...
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Pink Apartment
In the oldest neighbourhood in Athens, Plaka, just minutes away from the Acropolis, Elena Zabeli and Katerina Chryssanthopoulou from Architectural firm MoY Studio have created a splendid 50sqm home with two bedrooms, a living room, a dining space, a kitchen and a comfortable bathroom.
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Total Brutal
Movie
Total House is one of very few examples of Japanese-inspired Brutalism in the city of Melbourne. Certainly a polarising style it is an important part of Melbourne's built environment and adds considerably to the city's diverse and varied texture. As with many post-war 'modern' buildings, its futu...
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Camden Loft
This 42sqm heritage-listed property is located near Camden Square, a conservation area close to Londons Regent’s canal and Camden Market. The area is famous for its bars, music culture, and entertainment, a vibrant suburb loved by Londoners.