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.

A confrontation and comparison of two church buildings, which could hardly be more different, but al...

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

Deng Xiaoping's economic and political opening in China. Margaret Thatcher's extreme economic measur...

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

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

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

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

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

Documentary about the life and work of the architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha, told by him in prominenc...

The story of Italian cinema under Fascism, a sophisticated film industry built around the founding o...

Ferdinand de Lesseps, known as “The Great Frenchman”, will embark in the greatest adventure of his l...

The greatness, fall and renaissance of Hammer, the flagship company of British popular cinema, mainl...

The British architect based in Stockholm looks back on major projects of a long career inspired by E...

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

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