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Title 10 buildings that changed America [videorecording] / Window to the World Communications, Inc. ; producer/writer, Dan Protess.

Imprint [United States] : PBS : PBS Distribution, [2013]

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 KTC DVD Collection  720.973 T25 2013    ---  Available
Edition Widescreen.
Description 1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details DVD, NTSC, region 1, widescreen presentation; stereo.
Language In English with optinal subtitles in Engilsh for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Performer Host, Geoffrey Baer.
Note Originally broadcast on PBS May 12, 2013.
Audience Rating: TVPG.
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.
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.
Note Special features: Bonus video; curriculum guide.
Subject Virginia State Capitol (Richmond, Va.)
Trinity Church (Boston, Mass.)
Robie House (Chicago, Ill.)
Seagram Building (New York, N.Y.)
Dulles International Airport.
Vanna Venturi House (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Walt Disney Concert Hall (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Architecture -- United States -- History.
Architects -- United States -- History.
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.
Richardson, H. H. (Henry Hobson), 1838-1886.
Sullivan, Louis H., 1856-1924.
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 1867-1959.
Khan, Albert.
Gruen, Victor, 1903-1980.
Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig, 1886-1969.
Saarinen, Eero, 1910-1961.
Venturi, Robert.
Gehry, Frank O., 1929-
Genre/Form Historical television programs.
Documentary television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Television programs -- United States.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Added Author Protess, Dan.
Baer, Geoffrey.
Window to the World Communications, Inc.
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
PBS Distribution (Firm)
Added Title Ten buildings that changed America
ISBN 9781608839032
1608839036
Standard No. 841887019064
Music No. TENB601 PBS

 
    
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