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“City Dreamers” Celebrates Four Women Who Built the 20th Century

“City Dreamers” Celebrates Four Women Who Built the 20th Century

A new documentary channels the wisdom and experience of four living architectural legends with rousing energy.

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May 7, 2019

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10 Thrillers and Netflix Hits That Use Architecture to Frighten

10 Thrillers and Netflix Hits That Use Architecture to Frighten

In Azure’s update to 10 Modernist Houses in Scary Movies, we look at another 10 films and streamable shows whose settings are designed to evoke suspense – or terror.

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October 29, 2018

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Leaning Out Explores the Life of the World Trade Center’s Structural Engineer

Leaning Out Explores the Life of the World Trade Center’s Structural Engineer

Leaning Out puts the spotlight on Leslie E. Robertson, the lead structural engineer of the Twin Towers, and his journey beyond 9/11.

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September 11, 2018

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Anthropocene: The Human Epoch is Edward Burtynsky’s Devastating Call to Action

Anthropocene: The Human Epoch is Edward Burtynsky’s Devastating Call to Action

Edward Burtynsky’s new doc and upcoming exhibition make the case that humans are impacting the Earth more than all natural systems combined.

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September 10, 2018

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The Design Canada Documentary is Out Now

The Design Canada Documentary is Out Now

Design Canada, a new documentary from the team behind Helvetica, introduces us to the graphic designers behind the nation’s most iconic logos.

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June 19, 2018

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Lasvit’s Breakpoint Mockumentary is About Light – and Tennis

Lasvit’s Breakpoint Mockumentary is About Light – and Tennis

The Breakpoint mockumentary, directed by Kryštof Jankovec, follows the career of Leon Jakimič, the aspiring tennis player who would eventually found Lasvit.

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March 15, 2018

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A New Documentary Explores Toronto’s Most Exceptional Home

A New Documentary Explores Toronto’s Most Exceptional Home

A Q&A with filmmaker Joseph Clement, whose documentary Integral Man about Shim-Sutcliffe Architects’ award-winning Integral House – and the mathematical genius who commissioned it – premieres in Toronto this week.

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May 1, 2017

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Rem Koolhaas, Mythologized on the Big Screen

Rem Koolhaas, Mythologized on the Big Screen

Filmed, produced, directed and edited by Tomas Koolhaas over the course of four years, ‘Rem’ is a film about an architect more than it is a film about architecture.

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January 4, 2017

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Le Corbusier and Eileen Gray on the Big Screen

Le Corbusier and Eileen Gray on the Big Screen

The tumultuous relationship between the Irish-born designer and the Swiss architect is explored in Mary McGuckian’s docudrama “The Price of Desire.”

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October 27, 2016

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7 Imaginary Designs That Eventually Became Real

7 Imaginary Designs That Eventually Became Real

From self-lacing shoes to health-diagnosing tricorders, these seven sci-fi concepts that began as imaginary designs are now making their way into real life.

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October 11, 2016

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