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Frank Gehry an architecture of joy ( visu )
2 editions published between 2000 and 2002 in English and held by 14 libraries worldwide
This film is about Gehry's work of the 1990s: his breakthroughs in architecture and the extraordinary flowering of his work during this decade. It gives insight into Gehry's approach to his architecture through visits with him to some of his key works: The Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, the primary example of his use of the Dassault computer program; the Frederick R. Weisman Museum in Minneapolis, which he designed before Bilbao and without the help of computers; the Vitra Museum at Weil am Rhein, his first European commission; the Energy Center at Bad Oeynhausen, a technical and cultural center; and finally, the DG Bank Conference Center at Berlin's historic Paris Square, a controversial building which Gehry himself thinks may be one of his best works, and whose construction we follow throughout the film

Mies by Michael Blackwood( visu )
3 editions published between 2000 and 2003 in English and held by 14 libraries worldwide
A critical portrait of the architect, commemorating the centennial of his birth in 1886. Recently rediscovered, rare film footage allows Mies to explain his philosophy and approach to design. Revisits sites of Mies most innovative work including the Illinois Institute of Technology campus in Chicago, the first campus designed entirely by one person since Jefferson's University of Virginia, and the Nationalgalerie in Berlin, his last work and perhaps greatest accomplishment in the use of the clear span design

Folds, blobs + boxes architecture in the digital era ( visu )
1 edition published in 2002 in English and held by 14 libraries worldwide
Visits the 2001 exhibition Folds, blobs + boxes at the Carnegie Museum of Art. Features architect/designers discussing their approaches to digital architecture with Joseph Rosa, curator of the exhibition. Describes how today's digitally educated designers are continuing to redefine architectural pedagogy and practice, producing forms that can be described as folds and blobs as well as the new digital boxes

Beyond Utopia changing attitudes in American architecture ( visu )
4 editions published between 2001 and 2004 in English and held by 13 libraries worldwide
Presents six American postmodernist architects discussing their style of design, influences on their work, and recent achievements. Focuses on the work of Philip Johnson, Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown, Michael Graves, Frank Gehry, and Peter Eisenman

Sally Gross a life in dance ( visu )
1 edition published in 2002 in English and held by 12 libraries worldwide
Sally Gross demonstrates movement and improvisation techniques

American art in the sixties by Barbara Rose( visu )
1 edition published in 2000 in English and held by 10 libraries worldwide
Discusses the diverse tendencies of the artists, stressing the crucial roles of Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg

Keepers of the frame ( visu )
1 edition published in 1999 in English and held by 10 libraries worldwide
A documentary about the different attempts being made to preserve film and film heritage, with emphasis on the need to preserve as much film of every kind, from newsreels to home movies, as a record of life in the 20th century

Streb pop action ( visu )
2 editions published between 2002 and 2003 in English and held by 9 libraries worldwide
Interview with Elizabeth Streb, artistic director/choreographer of STREB, tracing the evolution of her choreographic style, and discussing her life. Includes rehearsal scenes

The state of architecture at the beginning of the 21st century ( visu )
2 editions published in 2003 in English and held by 9 libraries worldwide
In a two part documentary, some of the greatest minds in architecture assemble to discuss the direction of architectural practices

Arata Isozaki II international projects ( visu )
2 editions published between 2002 and 2007 in English and held by 8 libraries worldwide
Profiles some of Isozaki's major projects of the 1980's, including Los Angeles' Museum of Contemporary Art, the Hara Museum and the Mito Art Hall in Japan, New York's Palladium discotheque, the Disneyworld Headquarters in Florida, and the Barcelona Sports Palace