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1) Domes
Series
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
David Macaulay explains the engineering and design behind the building of some of the world's best known domed constructions.
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jiro dreams of flying and designing beautiful airplanes, inspired by the famous Italian aeronautical designer Caproni. Nearsighted from a young age and unable to be a pilot, Jiro joins a major Japanese engineering company in 1927 and becomes one of the worlds most innovative and accomplished airplane designers. Jiro meets and falls in love with Nahoko, and grows and cherishes his friendship with his colleague Honjo. The film chronicles much of his...
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
c2010.
Language
English
Description
Reveals the secret life of these commonplace machines. Once brawny but simple machines, elevators are getting a brainy makeover. Computer controls are getting passengers to their destinations faster and more safely than ever before. But will the elevator-wary be comfortable handing over the reins to computers?
Publisher
BBC Video
Pub. Date
c2002.
Language
English
Description
By combining up-to-date research, the latest archeological discoveries and extensive location scouting, this video reconstructs the Great Pyramid with state-of-the-art CGI. It shows us how and why the most extraordinary of all human monuments was built. And it does this by following a young Egyptian man, Nahkt, who is conscripted from his village to work on the great pyramid and works his way up the ranks to a senior overseer.
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
c1999.
Language
English
Description
The dramatic story of how an ambitious, hard-driving engineer turned a ragtag army of unemployed into the nation's most celebrated workforce. Contains archival footage and photographs, including interviews with witnesses and historians.
Publisher
PBS Home Video
Pub. Date
c2010.
Language
English
Description
Carved from a hundred million pounds of stone, soaring effortlessly atop a spiderweb of masonry, Gothic cathedrals are marvels of human achievement and artistry. But how did medieval builders reach such spectacular heights? Consuming the labor of entire towns, sometimes taking a hundred years to build, these architectural marvels were crafted from just hand tools and stone. Many now teeter on the brink of catastrophic collapse.
7) Bridges
Series
Publisher
WGBH Boston Video
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
David Macaulay explains the engineering and design behind building some of the world's longest and biggest bridges using archival footage, historic photographs, and dramatic re-enactments.
8) Home
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Français
Description
A family enjoys an idyllic existence in their isolated, ramshackle home, which edges onto an abandoned highway. Almost entirely cut off from society at large, they forge their own Utopia, but everything changes when city trucks roll in to complete the road's construction, allowing rush hour traffic to start rumbling by. Stars Isabelle Huppert (The piano teacher).
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
After a decade of travel, Christopher Smith approaches his 30th birthday and decides it's time to plant some roots. He impulsively buys a 5-acre plot of land in hopes of fulfilling a lifelong dream of building a home in the mountains of Colorado. With the support of his girlfriend, Merete, he sets out to build a Tiny House from scratch despite having no construction experience. From 1970 to 2010, the average size of a new house in America nearly doubled....
Publisher
Columbia River Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005.
Language
English
Description
This program profiles William Boeing and Allan and Malcolm Lockheed, three of the men who created the modern aviation industry, the giant multinational corporations that they built, and the planes they designed -- container.
11) Garbage warrior
Publisher
Morningstar Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008.
Language
English
Description
Using empty beer cans, old tires, plastic bottles and other garbage, iconoclastic architect Michael Reynolds, based in New Mexico, has been building ecologically sustainable structures for 35 years. Calling his structures "earthships," Reynolds has had conflicts with government officials over inflexible zoning and housing laws, but his architectural ideas were put to use in the Andaman Islands following the 2005 tsunami.
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
As the height of skyscrapers continues to increase, concerns about safety emerge. This episode of Nova examines the dangers posed by the current boom of sky-high buildings in various parts of the world and demonstrates how the science of evacuation is informing trends in safer building design.
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014?]
Language
English
Description
In recent years, many people are redefining their American Dream to focus on flexibility, financial freedom, and quality of life over quantity of space. These self-proclaimed "Tiny Housers" live in homes smaller than the average parking space, often built on wheels to bypass building codes and zoning laws. Tiny takes viewers inside six of these homes stripped to their essentials, exploring the owners' stories and the design innovations that make them...
14) Patagonia rising
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
Español
Description
A proposed building of a dam along the Baker and Pascua rivers causes great conflict among the people of Patagonia.
15) Boomerang today
Series
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A delightful observational documentary about the making of a number seven boomerang by four senior traditional men from Yuelamu, west of Alice Springs in central Australia. The men talk about how they were taught by their elders using bush materials, and are now teaching a new generation using some modern tools, to keep traditional law and culture strong. We follow the hunt for the wood, the shaping, the smoothing and the painting of the boomerangs...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Environmentally Sustainable Construction is a philosophy for designing and constructing homes and communities. By incorporating these principles, architects, designers, builders and tradesmen can create a living environment that is truly sustainable. Each chapter in the DVD is devoted to separate concepts that combine to contribute to the overall philosophy.
17) En el hoyo
Publisher
Kino International
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
Español
Description
A powerful documentary about the personal struggles behind the construction of a massive elevated freeway from 2003-2005. With lyricism and compassion, this reveals the medieval nightmare underneath an ambitious utopian dream.
Publisher
The History Channel
Pub. Date
c2007.
Language
English
Description
The dawn of the 20th century brought with it stunning new technology--technology that would change the world--and public personalities that were larger than life. Relive the heady days at the birth of the modern age, and discover its more sobering moments, with this exceptional compilation of documentaries.
Series
Criterion collection volume 1116
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"A downed airplane is a motley group of men's only protection from the relentless desert sun, in this psychologically charged disaster epic, one of the all-time great survival movies. James Stewart is the veteran pilot whose Benghazi-bound plane--carrying passengers played by an unshaven ensemble of screen icons including Richard Attenborough, Ernest Borgnine, Ian Bannen, Dan Duryea, Peter Finch, and George Kennedy--crash-lands in the remote Sahara....
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