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The Power of Utopia: Living with Le Corbusier in Chandigarh(de)

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With the construction of the Indian planned city of Chandigarh, the Swiss and French architect Le Corbusier completed his life's work 70 years ago. Chandigarh is a controversial synthesis of the arts, a bold utopia of modernity. The film accompanies four cultural workers who live in the planned city and reflects on Le Corbusier's legacy, utopian urban ideas and the cultural differences between East and West in an atmospherically dense narrative.

Once More Unto the Breach
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Once More Unto the Breach(it)

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Cologne Cathedral: The French Cathedral on the Rhine
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Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw the Future
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Architecture of Infinity
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Architecture of Infinity(de)

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The Lake House
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The Lake House(en)

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Brasilia, Contradictions of a New City
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Brasilia, Contradictions of a New City(pt)

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In 1967, de Andrade was invited by the Italian company Olivetti to produce a documentary on the new Brazilian capital city of Brasília. Constructed during the latter half of the 1950s and founded in 1960, the city was part of an effort to populate Brazil’s vast interior region and was to be the embodiment of democratic urban planning, free from the class divisions and inequalities that characterize so many metropolises. Unsurprisingly, Brasília, Contradições de uma Cidade Nova (Brasília, Contradictions of a New City, 1968) revealed Brasília to be utopic only for the wealthy, replicating the same social problems present in every Brazilian city. (Senses of Cinema)

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Gaudí, le génie visionnaire de Barcelone
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Gaudí, le génie visionnaire de Barcelone(fr)

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Hannah and Her Sisters
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Hannah and Her Sisters(en)

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Casual Workers
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Casual Workers(en)

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Architects Herzog and deMeuron: The Alchemy of Building & The Tate Modern
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Richard Meier in Rome Building a Church in the City of Churches
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Known for his bold, abstract and stark white buildings, American architect Richard Meier now takes on the challenge of building the Jubilee Church in Rome. Holding the location in high regard, Meier praises the vibrant visual layout of the city and tells us, "Rome is a city of architecture; it's a city of walls and columns and spaces and places and defined places and wherever you look there's architecture" (Richard Meier). Staying true to his signature design style, Meier has created a structure resembling grand soaring sails which appear steady and peaceful as they stand in striking opposition to the city's landscape. Three curved walls separate three distinct spaces: the main sanctuary, the weekday chapel and the baptistry, each with its own entrance. As a contrast he shows us his favorite churches in Rome by his famous colleagues from earlier times.

The Belly of an Architect
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The Belly of an Architect(en)

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Coast Modern
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Coast Modern(en)

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The Oyler House: Richard Neutra's Desert Retreat
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The Oyler House: Richard Neutra's Desert Retreat(en)

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