Engineered Transparency: Glass in Architecture and Structural Engineering

Engineered Transparency: Glass in Architecture and Structural Engineering

 

(6 from 35 users)

0h 59m 2008 HD

Accentuating the effects of space, light and structure, glass has become an architectural staple that encourages transparency and visibility throughout a variety of landscapes. After its role in the last century's call to a radical new architecture and urban life, glass architecture is today more ubiquitous than ever.


Related Movies

  • 2019
    Neutra: Survival Through Design

    Neutra: Survival Through Design

    Neutra: Survival Through Design

    02019HD

    This insightful documentary feature from PJ Letofsky serves as a profile of iconic Austrian-American Architect Richard Neutra, whose work and legacy...

    Neutra: Survival Through Design
  • 2001
    Berlin Babylon

    Berlin Babylon

    Berlin Babylon

    7.62001HD

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

    Berlin Babylon
  • 2023
    Making Dust

    Making Dust

    Making Dust

    02023HD

    Making Dust is an essay film, a portrait of the demolition of Ireland's second largest Catholic Church, the Church of the Annunciation in Finglas...

    Making Dust
  • 2020
    De Gaulle bâtisseur

    De Gaulle bâtisseur

    De Gaulle bâtisseur

    92020HD

    De Gaulle bâtisseur
  • 2014
    Wilczy szaniec

    Wilczy szaniec

    Wilczy szaniec

    02014HD

    Wilczy szaniec
  • 2020
    Hollywood's Architect: The Paul R. Williams Story

    Hollywood's Architect: The Paul R. Williams Story

    Hollywood's Architect: The Paul R. Williams Story

    02020HD

    Nicknamed “Architect to the Stars,” African American architect Paul R. Williams had an incredible life. Orphaned at the age of four,...

    Hollywood's Architect: The Paul R. Williams Story
  • 1987
    Alvar Aalto: Technology and Nature

    Alvar Aalto: Technology and Nature

    Alvar Aalto: Technology and Nature

    61987HD

    The Finnish architect Alvar Aalto (1898–1976) is one of the great figures of modern architecture, ranked alongside Gropius, Le Corbusier and...

    Alvar Aalto: Technology and Nature
  • 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
  • 1968
    Brasilia, Contradictions of a New City

    Brasilia, Contradictions of a New City

    Brasilia, Contradictions of a New City

    7.51968HD

    In 1967, de Andrade was invited by the Italian company Olivetti to produce a documentary on the new Brazilian capital city of Brasília....

    Brasilia, Contradictions of a New City
  • 1936
    This is How the Obelisk Was Born

    This is How the Obelisk Was Born

    This is How the Obelisk Was Born

    01936HD

    The construction of the Obelisco in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

    This is How the Obelisk Was Born
  • 2018
    City Dreamers

    City Dreamers

    City Dreamers

    82018HD

    Urban architecture as seen through the eyes of four female veterans in the field.

    City Dreamers
  • 2003
    Fernand Pouillon, Le roman d'un architecte

    Fernand Pouillon, Le roman d'un architecte

    Fernand Pouillon, Le roman d'un architecte

    102003HD

    Constructing freestone buildings on the cheap, Pouillon made a name for himself at the end of the 1940s in Aix-en-Provence and Marseille, shaking up...

    Fernand Pouillon, Le roman d'un architecte