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Architectures (ARTE documentary)

Architectures is a documentary series produced by the European public television channel ARTE, looking at architecture and its historical and social functions to reveal its meaning and impact on humanity. This is a collection of 33 episodes of the series, exploring the most remarkable achievements in modern architecture - from the works at the end of the 19th century to the latest creations by today's leading architects. Each episode focuses on a single building examining the structure of the building, the architectural techniques as well as its historical and social functions. And also the film discovers the role it has played in the evolution of architecture.

The Van Nelle Factory in Rotterdam: Designed by the architects Jan Brickman and Leendert Van der Vlugt, supervised by Kees Van der Leuw, the boss of Van Nelle, the factory is the most important and the most accomplished example of industrial architecture in the modern movement.

Episode 31 - The Van Nelle Factory in Rotterdam


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Van Nelle Factory
The former Van Nelle Factory on the Schie river in Rotterdam, is considered a prime example of the International Style (see also Constructivism). It has been a designated World Heritage Site since 2014.

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Episode 01 - The Dessau Bauhaus
Episode 02 - The Siza School
Episode 03 - Family Lodging in Guise
Episode 04 - Nemausus 1
Episode 05 - The Georges Pompidou Centre
Episode 06 - The Vienna Savings Bank
Episode 07 - The Johnson Building
Episode 08 - Galleria Umberto I
Episode 09 - Satolas TGV
Episode 10 - The Stone Thermal Baths
Episode 11 - The Paris Fine Arts School
Episode 12 - The Jewish Museum Berlin
Episode 13 - The Garnier Opera
Episode 14 - The Convent of La Tourette
Episode 15 - The Casa Mila
Episode 16 - The Auditorium Building in Chicago
Episode 17 - The Municipal Centre of Saynatsalo
Episode 18 - Royal Saltworks of Arc-et-Senans
Episode 19 - La Maison de Verre
Episode 20 - The House of Jean Prouve
Episode 21 - The Sendai Mediatheque
Episode 22 - The Sainte-Foy abbey-church in Conques
Episode 23 - The Guggenheim Museum of Bilbao
Episode 24 - The Alhambra
Episode 25 - The Reception and Congress Building in Rome
Episode 26 - The Villa Barbaro
Episode 27 - The Royal Mosque at Isfahan
Episode 28 - The Philharmonie Luxembourg
Episode 29 - The Glasgow School of Art
Episode 30 - Cologne Cathedral
Episode 31 - The Van Nelle Factory in Rotterdam
Episode 32 - The Citadel of Lille
Episode 33 - The Phillips Exeter Academy Library