Architecture Movies

An adaptation of the story with the same name by Portuguese writer Alexandre Herculano.

China’s irresistible process of growth and its precariousness.

Regular or Super is a fascinating and informative introduction to the work of Mies van der Rohe (1886–1969), one of the 20th century's most...

The history of the Teatro Amazonas in Manaus, an opera house located in the middle of the Amazon rainforest, whose construction, between 1884 and...

Alan Yentob profiles the most successful female architect there has ever been, the late Zaha Hadid, who designed buildings around the globe from...

Diller Scofidio + Renfro has long been at the forefront of design with provocative exhibitions that blurred the boundaries between art and...

The Baptistery of Parma was built by Benedetto Antelami between 1196 and 1216. This film explores its architectural features by tracing the...

A psycho-geographic journey through London and its history, as undertaken by an unseen narrator and his companion, Robinson, at the time of the 1992...

The childhood home of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, and playground for her daughter Elizabeth, the future queen, is one of the oldest royal...

The human side of town planning, as exemplified in Baltimore, Maryland. The Coldspring Project concerned a proposed housing development for lower and...

The Alhambra is a unique site in the world: a palatial city built between the 13th and 15th centuries by the last of the Muslim kingdoms of Spain. It...

Once a maverick who was nearly run out of the American Institute of Architects, John Portman is now recognized as one of the most innovative and...

This witty and original film is about the open spaces of cities and why some of them work for people while others don't. Beginning at New York's...

A short film set in Zuidas, a newly developed district south of Amsterdam due to be completed in 2030.

A Berlin street corner is slowly changing: an aging supermarket turns into a construction site and finally a new building. People restock shelves,...