Streaming Sinclair Videos: Architecture

Link to Video (30 minutes)
"Focuses on the history of Philippine architecture during the Spanish era. Describes and provides examples of typical domestic dwellings such as the bahay-kubo (cube house) and the bahay-na-bato (stone house), and other buildings such as the cathedral and visita."

Link to Video (24 minutes)
"Overall description of the medieval church of Vézelay in France. Beginning with its history, emphasis is placed on the architecture and sculpture, both Romanesque and Gothic, of the church, with liturgical music appropriate to the time the church was first built."

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"Looks at landscape architecture and nature, and how the latter is a vital and complementary aspect to the former. and Explains how gardens not only give a sense of beauty and relaxation but are also there to help preserve natural surroundings. Includes an interview with Richard Tongg, one of the forefathers in using nature with architecture in Hawaiʻi. Featured sites: Kapiʻiolani Park, the Banyan Court at McCoy Pavilion, the Honolulu Airport gardens, Lyon Arboretum, and the Mauna Lani Hotel and Golf Course."

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"A portrait of Paoli Soleri that explores the possible impact of the architect's revolutionary ideas. Soleri has designed and is attempting to build a prototype city of the future that goes beyond even the wildest imaginings of Frank Lloyd Wright.Will Soleri's cities be the future habitats for humanity, or will they remain as blueprints of a visionary 20th-century designer?"

Link to Video (58 minutes)
"Five competing teams of architects and builders discuss their designs submitted for the new Chicago Public Library. Selection of the winning design is also discussed."

Link to Video (54 minutes)
"Tells the story of Josiah Conder, an English architect, who went to Japan in 1877 and at the age of 25 assumed the professorship of the architectural course at the Imperial College of Engineering. There he taught Kingo Tatsuno (1854-1919), Tōkuma Katayama (1853-1917), Tatsuzō Sone (1852-1937), and Shichijirō Satachi (1856-1922)."