Summary: An icon of architectural design, Georgian is also the most popular revival style. This program showcases examples of Georgian homes from three different centuries, offering a detailed tour of the grounds and interiors. First, the origins of the style are seen in a 1760 Georgian villa on the Thames. Next, the program visits The Grange in Toronto, a house from 1817. And then the tour arrives at...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Frank Lloyd Wright's Prairie Style, with its floating horizontal planes and organic relationship to natural surroundings, changed the face of modern architecture. In this program, Wright's lasting legacy is examined both in one of his own designs and in those of two architects he inspired. Cameras tour Wright's 1904 Tomak House in Illinois, Dan White's house in Vancouver, and the Donald Fraser...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: Neo-traditionalism or New Urbanism attempts to recapture the small town milieu of yesteryear. This program visits three paradigms of this architectural school. Built from scratch, Florida's Seaside is the prototype, the first town designed by world-renowned urban planners Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk and Andres Duany. Constructed along centuries-old lines, Poundbury is a modern extension of the town...
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Summary: As land in urban environments becomes scarcer and more expensive, buildings and areas previously overlooked are being rediscovered. This program looks at some unusual inner-city spaces that have been turned into housing, including a unique loft in London; the Europa housing project in Montreal; and the Brewery Creek project in Vancouver, an industrial site converted into original living spaces....
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006