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.

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

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

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

One billion people on our planet—one in six—live in shantytowns, slums or squats. Slums: Cities of T...

Tucson, Arizona, September 1996. At the request of his son Martin, George Goldsmith tells him of his...
Focuses on an open-pit mining operation. Shows huge haulage trucks, pointing out existing and potent...

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

This feature documentary follow 5 architects on their determined journeys to continue building durin...

Travel through the streets of Rochester and you’ll find some extraordinary architecture. From Califo...

September 1st, 1939. Nazi Germany invades Poland. The campaign is fast, cruel and ruthless. In these...

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

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

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

Amie Siegel’s film installations often reveal the hidden narratives behind architecture and design, ...

After the World War I, Mussolini's perspective on life is severely altered; once a willful socialist...
Documentary with new new high-definition footage of the Fallingwater house, but centered on an older...

5000 years ago the ancient Elamites established a glorious civilization that lasted about three mill...

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