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10 buildings that changed America / a production of WTTW Chicago ; written and produced by Dan Protess.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: TENB601 | PBSLanguage: English Original language: English Subtitle language: English Distributor: [Arlington, VA] : PBS Distribution, [2013]Copyright date: ©2013Description: 1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 9781608839032
  • 1608839036
Other title:
  • Ten buildings that changed America
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 333.7`153 SOC 2001
LOC classification:
  • DVD 7332 (viewing copy)
Online resources:
Contents:
Virginia State Capitol ; Trinity Church ; Wainwright Building ; Robie House ; Highland Park Ford Plant ; Southdale Center ; Seagram Building ; Dulles International Airport ; Vanna Venturi House ; Walt Disney Concert Hall.
Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Tim Boyd; editor, Paul Thornton; original score, Steve Mullen.
Host, Geoffrey Baer.Summary: 10 Buildings That Changed America tells the stories of ten influential works of architecture, the people who imagined them, and the way these landmarks ushered in innovative cultural shifts throughout our society. These 10 Buildings represent architects who dared to strike out on their own and design radical new types of buildings that permanently altered our environmental and cultural landscape.
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Full screen.

Originally broadcast on PBS May 12, 2013.

Special features: Bonus videos "Virginia State Capitol and the Civil War," "Trinity Time Capsule," "The Wainwright Tomb," Early Designs of Frank Lloyd Wright" ; curriculum guide.

Virginia State Capitol ; Trinity Church ; Wainwright Building ; Robie House ; Highland Park Ford Plant ; Southdale Center ; Seagram Building ; Dulles International Airport ; Vanna Venturi House ; Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Director of photography, Tim Boyd; editor, Paul Thornton; original score, Steve Mullen.

Host, Geoffrey Baer.

10 Buildings That Changed America tells the stories of ten influential works of architecture, the people who imagined them, and the way these landmarks ushered in innovative cultural shifts throughout our society. These 10 Buildings represent architects who dared to strike out on their own and design radical new types of buildings that permanently altered our environmental and cultural landscape.

TV Parental Guidings Rating: PG.

Accompanying Curriculum Guide requires DVD-ROM drive and Adobe Reader.

In English with optional subtitles in English for the deaf and hard of hearing.

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