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.

Documentary about 4 large architectural landmarks that projected Portugal abroad.

Writer, journalist, explorer, filmmaker, communist militant, freedom fighter. Truths and lies. A plo...

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

Beginning at the industrial revolution of the ‘great north’, Jenn Nkiru draws lines between peoples,...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

September 1st, 1939. Nazi Germany invades Poland. The campaign is fast, cruel and ruthless. In these...
A collection of personal anecdotes from those who have navigated through a tumultuous year in Americ...

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

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

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