Architectures: Vol.6 (2007)
2h 36min
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The series Architectures presents a privileged and unprecedented look at the work of superstar architects and some of their most brilliant creations. Architectures is devised by Richard Copans and Stan Neumann. The Royal Mosque at Isfahan
In 1598, King Abbas planned an immense urban project. His royal Mosque captured the unprecedented wealth of an art of living, the king's power, and the talent of architect Ali Akbar Esfahani.
The Pyramid of Pharoah Djoser at SaqqaraThe Djoser pyramid, the work of legendary architect Imhotep, is the oldest in Egypt, and bears witness to the first steps of architecture as a scholarly pursuit, as opposed to simple construction. It was a revolution in three thousand years BC, born out of a desire to perpetuate tradition.
The Philharmonie Luxembourg
The elliptical shaped Philharmonie, with its filter of white columns and colourful cliffs, houses the Grand Auditorium in the manner of a jewel in its display case. It is one of the most beautiful buildings by architect Christian de Portzamparc.
The Menier Chocolate Factory
The Menier factory at Noisiel, outside Paris, was the largest chocolate factory in the world between 1870 and 1914. Throughout its three successive states, it tells the story of a veritable laboratory of industrial architecture in the second half of the 19th century.
The SAS Royal Hotel
The SAS Royal Hotel tower marked Denmark's entry into post-war modernity. It is a major work that combines functionalism, simplicity and elegance, and in which everything, from the ashtrays to the building's volumes, were created and designed by Arne Jacobsen.
Saint Pancras Station
In the 19th century in London, the Midland Company had Saint Pancras and a luxury hotel built. Engineer W.H. Barlow carried out a major feat, creating a 73 metre single-span hall, with no columns or pillars. As for architect Sir George Gilbert Scott, his Midland Grand Hotel was a neo-gothic manifesto.- Studio:
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