Entertaining PBS show on iconic buildings that made a difference
This 2013 production from Chicago's Public Television station WTTW may have played on TV but somehow I missed it. It's about architecture - and those interested the subject will want to see it - but it's not tekkie or boring, thanks to the host. Every day we go by buildings that are really descendants of new designs that took place during the 20th Century - or even earlier. In about 55 minutes the show covers 11 buildings around the country from the Virginia State Capitol (from which many other state capitol buildings derive) to Henry Ford's Highland Park, MI automobile plant (the first industrial plant building to have large windows) to - what I found most fascinating - the first enclosed shopping mall (Southdale Center in Edina, MN). There are buildings by Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright as well as Frank Gehry and my "homeboy" Robert Venturi. It's fascinating.
The DVD version adds another 33 minutes of videos touching on each of the 11 buildings on the broadcast...
Too much to say, too little time
6 minutes a building is probably too little. Want to see more of the place, get a chance to digest the info. Was like seeing Paris and nearby cities in 3 days.
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