Pugin: God's Own Architect (2012)
• January 19th, 2012 • 1h 0min
Documentary
Overview
Augustus Northmore Welby Pugin is far from being a household name, yet he designed the iconic clock tower of Big Ben as well as much of the Palace of Westminster. The 19th-century Gothic revival that Pugin inspired, with its medieval influences and soaring church spires, established an image of Britain which still defines the nation. Richard Taylor charts Pugin's extraordinary life story and discovers how his work continues to influence Britain today.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Peter Eisenman: Building Germany's Holocaust Memorial
Released on: 2009-02-20
Documentary
This documentary explores the creation of the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin as designed by architect ...
Mistr třeboňský
Released on: 1950-12-31
Documentary, History
Documentary film about Gothic painting and its representatives.
Bird's Nest - Herzog & de Meuron in China
Released on: 2008-01-22
Documentary
Schaub and Schindelm’s documentary follows two Swiss star architects, Jacques Herzog and Pierre de M...
The Genius of Gothic Art
Released on: 2021-05-02
Documentary, History, TV Movie
Death and the devil, nudity and eroticism, horror in blazing colours, Gothic art cast a spell over p...
Wuthering Heights: Love, Hate and Vengeance
Released on: 2022-11-09
Documentary, History, TV Movie
In 1847, British writer Emily Brontë (1818-48), perhaps the most enigmatic of the three Brontë siste...
Ely Kahn: New York City's Mastermind
Released on:
Documentary
A look at the legendary architect Ely Jacques Kahn, designer of over 60 skyscrapers that helped crea...
Attack! The Battle for New Britain
Released on: 1944-06-20
War, Documentary
Actual footage by the United States Signal Corps of the landing and attack on Arawe Beach, Cape Glou...
Hogwood: A Modern Horror Story
Released on: 2020-09-03
Documentary
Hogwood: A Modern Horror Story takes you beyond the factory farm walls and follows an intrepid group...
The Canal Map of Britain
Released on: 2024-03-15
Documentary, History
A look at Britain's beloved canal network via a fact-filled cruise along the first superhighways of ...
Ray Kappe: California Modern Master - Forty Years of Modular Evolution
Released on: 2009-01-01
Documentary
Explorations in 21st Century American Architecture Series: Ray Kappe has long been a cult figure in...
Mies
Released on: 1986-01-01
Documentary
No understanding of the modern movement in architecture is possible without knowledge of its master ...
Zaha Hadid... Who Dares Wins
Released on: 2013-07-30
Documentary
Alan Yentob profiles the most successful female architect there has ever been, the late Zaha Hadid, ...
The Grey Machine
Released on: 2025-02-01
Horror, Documentary
In 1921, an untitled text reminiscent of Edgar Allan Poe's writings was discovered in Boston. It was...
Antonio Gaudí
Released on: 1984-05-25
Documentary
Catalan architect Antonio Gaudí (1852-1926) designed some of the world's most astonishing buildings,...
Britain and the Blitz
Released on: 2025-05-05
Documentary
Documentary looking back at a Britain during the darkest days of WWII using stunning new archived fo...
Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape
Released on: 2010-08-30
Documentary
A documentary analyzing the furore which so-called "video nasties" caused in Britain during the 1980...
Dan Cruickshank and the Family That Built Gothic Britain
Released on: 2014-10-21
Documentary
As good as any Dickens novel, this is the triumphant and tragic story of the greatest architectural ...
The Arch
Released on: 2021-09-27
Documentary
A modern explorer leads us on a global journey to discover how nine of the world's greatest architec...