Architectures Series (German French ARTE)

The Architectures series presents a privileged and unprecedented look at the work of superstar architects and some of their most brilliant creations. Co-produced by the European public television channel ARTE, this series of 5 DVDs looks at architecture and its historical and social functions to reveal its meaning and impact on humanity.

Each 26-minute film in the series focuses on a single building chosen because of the pioneering role it has played in the evolution of contemporary architecture. Meticulously filmed, each building is explored in great detail and this in-depth examination highlights all the concerns that confronted the architect from the genesis of the project through to its completion.

Architectures 1 covers milestones such as Germany's famed Bauhaus and the Georges Pompidou Centre in Paris. It also examines the work of architects Jean Nouvel, Otto Wagner, Walter Gropius, Alvaro Siza, Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers and Jean-Baptiste-Andre Godin.

Architectures 2 analyses Frank Lloyd Wright's Johnson Wax building, the innovations of the Galleria Umberto I, the luxurious Stone Thermal Baths in Switzerland, and a high-speed train station, Satolas, in Lyon. It also examines the work of architects Santiago Calatrava, Peter Zumthor, Felix Duban, and Frank Lloyd Wright.

Architectures 3 examines the Jewish Museum of Berlin, designed by Daniel Libeskind, Louis Sullivan's Auditorium Theatre in Chicago, a Dominican convent designed by Le Corbusier, Charles Garnier's Parisian Opera and buildings by Antoni Gaudi and Alvar Aalto.

Architectures 4 covers the Royal Saltworks of Arc and Senans, the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Jean Prouve's House, the St. Foy Abbey, and the Sendai Mediatheque in Japan. It also examines the work of architects Claude Nicolas Ledoux, Pierre Chareau, Frank Gehry, and Toyo Ito.

Architectures 5 analyses the Alhambra in Granada, Adalberto Libera's Reception and Congress Building in Rome; the House of Sugimoto in Kyoto, Japan, Zaha Hadid's Phaeno Science Center in Wolfsburg; the Yoyogi Olympic Gymnasium in Tokyo by Kenzo Tange; and the Villa Barbaro by Andrea Palladio.

Episode 01 - The Bauhaus in Dessau
Episode 02 - Alvaro Siza - The Siza School
Episode 03 - Family Lodging in Guise
Episode 04 - Jean Nouvel - Nemausus 1
Episode 05 - Renzo Piano & Richard Rogers - The Georges Pompidou Centre
Episode 06 - Otto Wagner - The Vienna Savings Bank
Episode 07 - Frank Lloyd Wright - Johnson Wax Administration Building
Episode 08 - La Galleria Umberto I
Episode 09 - Santiago Calatrava - Satolas TGV
Episode 10 - Peter Zumthor - The Thermae of Stone
Episode 11 - Felix Duban - School of the Beaux-Arts
Episode 12 - Daniel Libeskind - The Jewish Museum Berlin
Episode 13 - Charles Garnier - The Opera Garnier
Episode 14 - Le Corbusier - The Cloister La Tourette
Episode 15 - Antoni Gaudi's Casa Mila
Episode 16 - Louis Sullivan - The Auditorium Building in Chicago
Episode 17 - Alvaro Aalto - The Community Center of Saynatsalo Finland
Episode 18 - Claude-Nicolas Ledoux - The Saline of Arc-et-Senans
Episode 19 - Pierre Chareu's Maison de Verre
Episode 20 - The House of Jean Prouve
Episode 21 - Toyo Ito -The Sendai Mediatheque
Episode 22 - The Sainte-Foy Abbey-Church in Conques
Episode 23 - Frank O Gehry - The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao Episode 24 - The Alhambra Episode 25 - The House of Sugimoto Episode 26 - The Reception & Congress Building Rome Episode 27 - Kenzo Tange - The Yoyogo Olympic Gymnasiums Episode 28 - Andrea Palladio - The Villa Barbaro Episode 29 - Zaha Hadid - Phaeno Building as Landscape