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Architectures 4 = Architekturen 4 /

Architectures 4 = Architekturen 4 / Architekturen 4 Architectures four Architekturen vier - [Paris] : [Chicago, Ill.] : Arte Video ; Facets Video, [2005] - 1 videodisc (160 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Originally broadcast as episodes of the French television program Architectures by Arte France in 2004. Each episode is ca. 26 min.

La Saline d'Arc et Senans = Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans / La Maison de Verre / Le Musee Guggenheim de Bilbao = The Guggenheim Museum of Bilbao / La Maison de Jean Prouve = Jean Prouvé's House / La Mediatheque de Sendaï = Multimedia Library of Sendai / L'Abbatiale Sainte Foy de Conques = The Abbey Church of Sainte Foy at Conques / un film de Richard Copans et Stan Neumann -- un film de Richard Copans et Stan Neumann -- un film de Julien Donada -- un film de Stan Neumann -- un film de Richard Copans -- un film de Stan Neumann.

Restrictions: Home use only.

"A Collection [of 5 discs] created by Richard Copans and Stan Neumann"--Container. "A Collection [of 5 discs] created by Richard Copans and Stan Neumann"--Container.

Narrator, François Marthouret.

Examines the Royal Saltworks of Arc and Senans, the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Jean Prouve's House, the St. Foy Abbey, and the Sendai Mediatheque. Provides an inside look at the work of celebrated architects and some of their most brilliant creations. Examines the saltworks of Arc-and-Senans built by Claude-Nicolas Ledoux in the late 18th century and the influence of this monumental factory on other architects. Looks at the Maison de Verre or the house of glass, designed by Pierre Chareau and completed in 1932, as an example of playful avant-garde architecture that was built around the top floor of an existing Paris building that the tenant refused to vacate. Discusses how the deconstructivist Guggenheim Museum of Bilbao, designed by Frank Gehry and opened to the public in 1997, was incorporated into its environment in a dying industrial city. Describes how the self-educated engineer and architect Jean Prouvé, known for his metal furniture, built a house for his own family in 1954 after the failure of his attempts to sell prefabricated, steel and aluminum houses to the French public. Examines the transparent cube of a multimedia library built in 2001 in northern Japan by architect Toyo Ito and its use of open and barrier-free space. Looks at the construction of the historic Abbey Church of Saint Foy as a prototype of a "pilgrim church" in the new style of the 11th century, now known as Romanesque.


DVD; NTSC, all zones, Dolby 2.0.


In French, English, or German.

1565804880 9781565804883

736899092023

DV88500 Facets Multimedia

Midwest Tapes http://www.midwesttapes.com


Ledoux, Claude Nicolas, 1736-1806.
Chareau, Pierre.
Gehry, Frank O., 1929-
Prouvé, Jean.
Itō, Toyoo, 1941-
Chareau, Pierre.
Gehry, Frank O., 1929-
Itō, Toyoo, 1941-
Ledoux, Claude Nicolas, 1736-1806.
Prouvé, Jean.


Saline royale d'Arc et Senans.
Maison de verre (Paris, France)
Museo Guggenheim Bilbao.
Sendai Mediatēku.
Sainte-Foy de Conques (Church)
Maison de Verre (Paris, France)
Maison de verre (Paris, France)
Museo Guggenheim Bilbao.
Sainte-Foy de Conques (Church)
Saline royale d'Arc et Senans.
Sendai Mediatēku.


Architecture, Industrial--France--Arc-et-Senans.
Glass construction--France--Paris.
Art museums--Spain--Bilbao.
Deconstructivism (Architecture)--Spain--Bilbao.
Architecture, Domestic--France.
Library architecture--Japan--Sendai-shi (Miyagi-ken)
Architecture, Romanesque--France--Conques (Aveyron)
Church architecture--France--Conques (Aveyron)
Architecture industrielle--France--Arc-et-Senans.
Construction en verre--France--Paris.
Déconstructivisme (Architecture)--Espagne--Bilbao.
Architecture des bibliothèques--Japon--Sendai (Miyagi)
Architecture romane--France--Conques.
Architecture chrétienne--France--Conques.
Architecture, Domestic.
Architecture, Industrial.
Architecture, Romanesque.
Art museums.
Church architecture.
Deconstructivism (Architecture)
Glass construction.
Library architecture.
Architecture, Industrial--France--Arc-et-Senans.
Architecture, Industrial--France--Arc-et-Senans.


France.
France--Arc-et-Senans.
France--Conques (Aveyron)
France--Paris.
Japan--Sendai-shi (Miyagi-ken)
Spain--Bilbao.


DVD-Video discs.
Documentary television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Documentary television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Documentary.
Documentaires télévisés.
Émissions télévisées autres que de fiction.

NA958 / .A737 2005

724/.6 720.94