Today it's a symbol of strength and vitality. 135 years ago, it was a source of controversy. This documentary examines the great problems and ingenious solutions that marked the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge. From conception to construction, it traces the bridge's transformation from a spectacular feat of heroic engineering to an honored symbol in American culture.

On the tiny island of Martha's Vineyard, where presidents and celebrities vacation, trophy homes thr...

For more than 120 years, Mohawk ironworkers have raised America’s modern cityscapes. They are called...

Alan Yentob profiles the most successful female architect there has ever been, the late Zaha Hadid, ...

Palermo, Sicily, 1984. Examining magistrate Giovanni Falcone allies with Tomasso Buscetta, a former ...

Explorations in 21st Century American Architecture Series: Ray Kappe has long been a cult figure in...

No understanding of the modern movement in architecture is possible without knowledge of its master ...

A funny walk through the life story of Billy Wilder (1906-2002), a cinematic genius; a portrait of a...

A portrait of the masterful author whose novels were adapted into the classics 'The Birds,' 'Jamaica...

Lithuania, 1941, during World War II. Hundreds of thousands of texts on Jewish culture, stolen by th...

Kids from Brooklyn, NY housing projects try to change the world when they are paired with Sierra Leo...

Documentary about Spanish architect Antoni Gaudi made for the BBC series "Visions of Space".

Gary Hart, former Senator of Colorado, becomes the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomi...

How in 1959, during the heat of the Cold War, the government of the United States decided to create ...

In 1959, a government employee named Richard Oyler, living in the tiny desert town of Lone Pine, Cal...

Iran, January 16th, 1979. Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi flees after being overthrown. Ayatollah Khomein...

An intimate portrait, in his own words, of the Indian writer Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic V...

Island of Java, 1942, during World War II. British Major Jack Celliers arrives at a Japanese prison ...

An extraordinary journey through the material that makes up our habitat: concrete and its ancestor, ...