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Ali Salem Hamudi Mohamed - Yahdih, was born in 1955 in El Aaiún (Western Sahara). He completed his secondary schooling in the "Spanish" Sahara. A scholarship allowed him to enrol at the Universidad de la Peninsula in 197
The story is about Alexander Kuzmin, who was the chief architect of Moscow from 1996 to 2012 and largely determined the current appearance of the city.
Hans Scharoun has built houses which show not only structural substance and aesthetic forms but also how human beings should live in buildings. This depiction can only be imaginary - like reading invisible writing on wal
Augustus Northmore Welby Pugin is far from being a household name, yet he designed the iconic clock tower of Big Ben as well as much of the Palace of Westminster. The 19th-century Gothic revival that Pugin inspired, with
"SHIGERU BAN features extensive interviews with this innovative young architect (b. 1957), who explains the practical, philosophical and esthetic aspects of his work. In addition to his conservationist interest in using
Wallace Dow has been referred to as the "Builder on the Prairie" and was considered the premier architect of South Dakota in the late 19th century. "W.L. Dow, Architect" is a documentary about the man who came to Dakota
The documentary rebuilds the life of the Brazilian architect João Batista Vilanova Artigas. His relatives, friends, students and six of his major works tell the history of this iconic Latin-American modernist.
A documentary about the life and work of architect and urban planner Rexhep Luci and about Prishtina, the city he loved and the city where he was murdered in September 2000. The documentary tells his personal and profess
Documentary about Spanish architect Antoni Gaudi made for the BBC series "Visions of Space".
In this previously unseen backstage documentary, Peter Greenaway responds with great generosity to the open-ended questions posed by an off-camera Gideon Bachmann about the process which led to the creation of one his m
When Portuguese filmmaker Manoel de Oliveira died in 2015 at the age of 106, he left behind him a body of work unique in cinema: Oliveira transforms the everyday into the sublime and deals with themes such as death, lov
In February, 1968, José Ferragut, the most important architect of Mallorca, was found dead in a field. The case was closed for lack of evidence. During the 50’s and 60’s the beginning of tourism changed the reality of th
The work of Fernand Pouillon, "France's most wanted" architect after being imprisoned and mysteriously escaping in the 1960s, now seems to have faded into the background. However, in 50 years he has built more than 5 mil
A story of triumph and tragedy, the compelling saga of the man who designed much of official Washington, including the central portions of the United States Capitol and the iconic porticos of the White House.
Shaken by a minor earthquake, Aaron, in his thirties, claims that the phenomenon was artificially generated...
When a former activist-turned-architect joins a redevelopment project led by his old comrade, now the city mayor, he finds himself wandering through a landscape of demolition, as memory, reality, and the ideals they once
The testimony of an artist who continues to believe in the socialist ideal. The story of a man who loves women.
Nam Tae-hyeon is a young architect who runs an architectural office in Seoul after studying abroad. On the outside, he looks like a promising young architect, but in reality, he can't even pay his employees' salaries. On
A dramatic, behind-the-scene-story about the building of Santiago Calatravas Turning Torso in Malmö. A 190 meter high, twisted residential building which was appointed "worlds best residential building project" at Mipim