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The Best Episodes of Architectures

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The Best Episodes of Architectures

An ongoing series of films devoted to the most remarkable achievements in modern architecture, from the works that heralded the birth of the modern style...

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  1. 7.6/10(9 votes)

    #1 - The Iron House

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    In late 19th century Brussels, the Art Nouveau movement was laying the foundations of a new concept in architecture, and Victor Horta was the movement's grand master. Of all his works, the Hotel van Eetvelde features the boldest display of his modernity.

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    Director:Stan Neumann
    Writer:N/A
  2. 7.4/10(15 votes)

    #2 - The Villa Dall'Ava

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    Rem Koolhaas built a unique villa on the heights of Saint-Cloud.

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  3. 7.3/10(13 votes)

    #3 - Charlety, a Stadium in the City

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    Bruno and Henri Gaudin have broken with the classic design of a closed stadium, and created a bridge between Paris and its suburb. The Charlety Stadium's airy outline stands out in an otherwise densely urban area.

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    Director:Olivier Horn
    Writer:N/A
  4. 6.9/10(10 votes)

    #4 - The Vienna Savings Bank

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    At the turn of the last century, Otto Wagner designed one of the first 20th century modern office buildings, representing a radical break with the previous tradition in bank-architecture.

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    Director:Stan Neumann
    Writer:N/A
  5. 6.8/10(13 votes)

    #5 - Pierrefonds, the Architect's Castle

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    Middle Aged castle rebuilt by Viollet Le Duc for the Emperor Napoleon III. A reconstruction that paradoxically opened the way for modern architecture.

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  6. 6.2/10(13 votes)

    #6 - Nemausus 1

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    In Nîmes, Jean Nouvel conceived a block of tenement houses reminiscent of a cruise liner. An architectural utopia that pokes fun at the truisms of council housing.

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    #7 - The Georges Pompidou Centre

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    S1:E7

    A giant meccano-like structure designed by Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano, a museum-factory that has become one of the most notable landmarks of the historical Parisian architectural landscape.

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    #8 - Family Lodging in Guise

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    The philanthropist company boss Andre Godin built a workers' housing estate with a palatial air. Social housing is born.

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    #9 - A House in Bordeaux

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    Designed by the architect Rem Koolhaas for a couple whose husband became disabled following a road accident, the architect's plan for this ultra-modern house is shaped by the need to adapt to the husband's mode of travel.

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    #10 - The Dessau Bauhaus

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    S1:E10

    Walter Gropius' main achievement is the buildings of the Bauhaus, built in 1926. His pioneering architecture saw the birth of one of the most innovative schools of art of the 20th century.

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    #11 - Satolas - TGV

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    An astonishing concrete and steel structure designed for an open field in the Lyon countryside. An astonishing feat undertaken by Calatrava, which sees trains race through at speeds of 190mph.

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    #12 - The Johnson Building

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    These famous office buildings were designed and built between 1936 and 1939 for the wax manufacturer Johnson, by one one of the 20th century's greatest architects Frank Lloyd Wright.

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    #13 - The Paris Fine Art School

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    In the heart of Paris, architect Duban's 'École des Beaux-Arts' provides its students with an architectural "temple" representing a 19th century style widely copied throughout the world.

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    #14 - The Siza School

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    The Portuguese architect Alvaro Siza built Porto's Faculty of Architecture, a mediation on space and light in a futuristic "agora". Alvaro was once a student and still teaches there today.

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    #15 - The Stone Thermal Baths

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    The Spa of Vals-les-Bains, designed by Peter Zumthor, redefines the very concept of public bathing, a mise en scène of water in all its aspects.

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    #16 - The Galleria Umberto I

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    S1:E16

    Built in Naples, this is one of the last and largest covered passageways to be constructed in Europe, providing the swan song for a grand invention of 19th century architecture.

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    Director:Stan Neumann
    Writer:N/A
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    #17 - The Saint Pancras Station

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    S1:E17

    In the 19th century in London, the Midland Company had Saint Pancras and a luxury hotel built. Engineer W.H. Barlow carried out a major feat, creating a 73 meter single-span hall, with no columns or pillars. As for architect Sir George Gilbert Scott, his Midland Grand Hotel was a neo-gothic manifesto.

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    #18 - The Wind Box

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    The Fort de France Education Authority is the only example of a contemporary architectural building in Martinique. It is also the only official building to be naturally ventilated by the trade winds. Christian Hauvette has created a totally open building, in which the boundaries between exterior and interior are blurred.

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    Director:Stan Neumann
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    #19 - The Garnier Opera

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    The Garnier Opera by Charles Garnier This is Paris's most prestigious 19th century building, the pinnacle of the "Beaux Arts" style with its ornamented facade, transfigured by the excesses of a theatre-mad architect in the mid-1800s.

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    Director:Stan Neumann
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    #20 - The Jewish Museum Berlin

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    The Jewish Museum in Berlin, by Daniel Libeskind, tackles the emptiness left by the extermination of Europe's Jews during the Second World War. His response is an architecture of absence.

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    #21 - The Convent of La Tourette

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    With the Convent of La Tourette, commissioned by the Dominicans of Lyons, Le Courbusier was charged with the task of creating this rural convent retreat. A reinvention of religious architecture, its rough concrete form houses one hundred sleeping rooms plus recreational spaces.

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    #22 - The Auditorium Building in Chicago

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    At the end of the 19th century, Louis Henry Sullivan, the father of American architecture, built the world's largest opera house, a "democratic" auditorium which was revolutionary in its very conception.

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    Director:Stan Neumann
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    #23 - The Municipal Center of Säynätsalo

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    S1:E23

    Built in 1952 by Alvaar Alto, this town hall building lies in the heart of a rugged landscape in Finland. It represents a humanist masterpiece, and pays modern homage to the Ideal City of the Italian Renaissance.

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    #24 - The Casa Milá

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    A block of flats in Barcelona, the Casa Milà is an extraordinarily sculpted work created by the great Spanish architect Antoni Gaudi. The Art Nouveau apartments are expressionistic, fantastic, organic forms with undulating facades and roof lines.

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    #25 - The Glass House

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    In 1928, Pierre Chareau built the poetic and remarkable Maison de Verre, one of the unique buildings of the 20th century. Inserted into an existing building, the views dissolve through semi-transparent materials, juxtaposing metal and glass, almost taking it into the realms of Surrealism.

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Iron House" is the best rated episode of "Architectures". It scored 7.6/10 based on 9 votes. Directed by Stan Neumann and written by N/A, it aired on 10/3/1996. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Villa Dall'Ava".