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.

Turkey's history has been shaped by two major political figures: Mustafa Kemal (1881-1934), known as...

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

Sudan, East Africa, 1980. A team of Israeli Mossad agents plans to rescue and transfer thousands of ...

Tucson, Arizona, September 1996. At the request of his son Martin, George Goldsmith tells him of his...

Documentary devoted to the architectural and urban planning designs of Le Corbusier. The architect s...

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

Iran, January 16th, 1979. Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi flees after being overthrown. Ayatollah Khomein...
Focuses on an open-pit mining operation. Shows huge haulage trucks, pointing out existing and potent...
A collection of personal anecdotes from those who have navigated through a tumultuous year in Americ...

After the World War I, Mussolini's perspective on life is severely altered; once a willful socialist...

Big Time gets up close with Danish architectural prodigy Bjarke Ingels over a period of six years wh...

A core group of architects embraced the West Coast from Vancouver to LA with its particular geograph...

A film essay contrasting the modern metropolis with its "golden age" from 1830-1930, with the partic...

Documentary about the architecture of the Swedish housing boom in the 1960s and how it's viewed toda...

The city of Ordos, in the middle of China, was build for a million people yet remains completely emp...

An expedition looks into whether Titanic's hull had a construction design flaw that caused her to br...

A cultural-historical portrait of the renowned and enigmatic architect Sigurd Lewerentz, who rarely ...

France, 1914, during World War I. On Christmas Eve, an extraordinary event takes place in the bloody...

On September 1st, 1939, Nazi Germany invades Poland, unleashing World War II. On September 17th, the...