Architecture Movies

  • 1927
    Twenty-Four Dollar Island

    Twenty-Four Dollar Island

    Twenty-Four Dollar Island

    6.31927HD

    A visual celebration of Manhattan and its waterways on the 300th anniversary of purchase from the local Native Americans.

    Twenty-Four Dollar Island
  • 2019
    Tadao Ando: Samurai Architect

    Tadao Ando: Samurai Architect

    Tadao Ando: Samurai Architect

    02019HD

    Tadao Ando (b.1941) is a world-renowned architect, and a recipient of the Pritzker Architecture Prize. His calm, minimalist architecture with elegant...

    Tadao Ando: Samurai Architect
  • 2001
    Berlin Babylon

    Berlin Babylon

    Berlin Babylon

    7.72001HD

    A documentary focusing on the rebuilding projects in Berlin after the fall of the Berlin Wall.

    Berlin Babylon
  • 2008
    Palladio Potatoes Piano Piano: Building a Villa in 29 Scenes

    Palladio Potatoes Piano Piano: Building a Villa in 29 Scenes

    Palladio Potatoes Piano Piano: Building a Villa in 29 Scenes

    02008HD

    2005-2008. Video. In 2005 San Francisco real estate magnate Angelo Sangiacomo commissioned Strickland to make a movie that would chronicle final...

    Palladio Potatoes Piano Piano: Building a Villa in 29 Scenes
  • 2016
    From the West

    From the West

    From the West

    02016HD

    A film essay investigating the question of what “the West” means beyond the cardinal direction: a model of society inscribed itself in...

    From the West
  • 1993
    Kisho Kurokawa From Metabolism to Symbiosis

    Kisho Kurokawa From Metabolism to Symbiosis

    Kisho Kurokawa From Metabolism to Symbiosis

    01993HD

    A portrait of the internationally acclaimed Japanese architect who employs Buddhist ideas and western modernism to achieve intercultural architecture.

    Kisho Kurokawa From Metabolism to Symbiosis
  • 1989
    Berlin ohnegleichen - Vom steinernen Anspruch auf ein Weltreich

    Berlin ohnegleichen - Vom steinernen Anspruch auf ein Weltreich

    Berlin ohnegleichen - Vom steinernen Anspruch auf ein Weltreich

    01989HD

    The architectural plans for Berlin from 1938 are used as an example to illustrate the fascist claim to power and its aesthetic effect. The basis for...

    Berlin ohnegleichen - Vom steinernen Anspruch auf ein Weltreich
  • 1999
    Steven Holl: The Body in Space

    Steven Holl: The Body in Space

    Steven Holl: The Body in Space

    01999HD

    "Steven Holl: The Body in Space" explores the career of the innovative, highly renowned American architect. In this portrait Holl presents some of...

    Steven Holl: The Body in Space
  • 2016
    Roger D'Astous

    Roger D'Astous

    Roger D'Astous

    02016HD

    A documentary about Montreal architect Roger D'astous, who battled all his life to create a Nordic architecture. A star architect in the 60s, and...

    Roger D'Astous
  • 2011
    Fallingwater: Frank Lloyd Wright's Masterwork, with Reflections by Edward Kaufmann jr.

    Fallingwater: Frank Lloyd Wright's Masterwork, with Reflections by Edward Kaufmann jr.

    Fallingwater: Frank Lloyd Wright's Masterwork, with Reflections by Edward Kaufmann jr.

    52011HD

    Documentary with new new high-definition footage of the Fallingwater house, but centered on an older 1982 interview with Edgar Kaufmann Jr.

    Fallingwater: Frank Lloyd Wright's Masterwork, with Reflections by Edward Kaufmann jr.
  • 2005
    Building the Gherkin

    Building the Gherkin

    Building the Gherkin

    8.42005HD

    Can a single building impact the career of an architect, the image of a global company and even the skyline of a big city? Just a month and a day...

    Building the Gherkin
  • 1954
    Přemyslovci ve Znojmě

    Přemyslovci ve Znojmě

    Přemyslovci ve Znojmě

    01954HD

    Přemyslovci ve Znojmě
  • 2009
    Peaarhitektid

    Peaarhitektid

    Peaarhitektid

    02009HD

    Peaarhitektid
  • 2013
    Subsolo

    Subsolo

    Subsolo

    02013HD

    Sonia Guggisberg presents the documentary Subsolo, about the work interrupted in the 1970s below Avenida Paulista.

    Subsolo
  • 2023
    Paris, the Mystery of the Disappeared Palace

    Paris, the Mystery of the Disappeared Palace

    Paris, the Mystery of the Disappeared Palace

    7.22023HD

    In the heart of Paris, an entire palace has disappeared. It was the very first residence of the kings of France. Long before Versailles, long before...

    Paris, the Mystery of the Disappeared Palace
  • 2016
    Jaime Lerner - Uma História de Sonhos

    Jaime Lerner - Uma História de Sonhos

    Jaime Lerner - Uma História de Sonhos

    02016HD

    Jaime Lerner - Uma História de Sonhos
  • 2018
    Valentine in Things City

    Valentine in Things City

    Valentine in Things City

    02018HD

    A research and design project that imagines the future of post-human spaces like Google data centers and Amazon warehouses. Using the same artificial...

    Valentine in Things City
  • 2026
    J.G. Ballard: Dreams, Violence & Desire

    J.G. Ballard: Dreams, Violence & Desire

    J.G. Ballard: Dreams, Violence & Desire

    02026HD

    This J.G. Ballard documentary assembles decades of interviews and archival material to paint a striking portrait of one of the most imaginative and...

    J.G. Ballard: Dreams, Violence & Desire
  • 1952
    Brief City

    Brief City

    Brief City

    71952HD

    Styles of architecture used in the 1951 South Bank Exhibition, London.

    Brief City
  • 1959
    Skyscraper

    Skyscraper

    Skyscraper

    7.21959HD

    Nominated for an Academy Award, this live-action short film playfully chronicles the construction of the Tishman Building at 666 Fifth Avenue in New...

    Skyscraper