Great Expectations: A Journey Through the History of Visionary Architecture

This documentary provides an astonishing journey through innovative, futuristic, utopian and sometimes bizarre architecture projects—including concrete illusions of grandeur and Lego-like modular apartments to an Instant City Airship and round, grass-covered subterranean dwellings—from the beginning of the 20th century to today.

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The Nobel Snowflake

Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw the Future

Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw the Future

2016

Sunnyside

Sunnyside

Le Corbusier, l'architecte du bonheur

Le Corbusier, l'architecte du bonheur

1957

The Arch

The Arch

2021

Tadao Ando: Samurai Architect

Tadao Ando: Samurai Architect

2019

Rietveld Houses: A piece of furniture to live in

Rietveld Houses: A piece of furniture to live in

2024

Mies

Mies

1986

INFRASTRATA

INFRASTRATA

2024

Arata Isozaki II: International Projects

Arata Isozaki II: International Projects

1990

Brasilia, Contradictions of a New City

Brasilia, Contradictions of a New City

1968

Architecture of Infinity

Architecture of Infinity

2019

Brutality in Stone

Brutality in Stone

1961

Peter Eisenman: Making Architecture Move

Peter Eisenman: Making Architecture Move

1995

Making Dust

Making Dust

2023

Space and Light

Space and Light

1972

The Real Thing

The Real Thing

2018

The New Apartment

The New Apartment

1930

Dancing Before the Moon

Dancing Before the Moon

2023

Jaime Lerner - Uma História de Sonhos

Jaime Lerner - Uma História de Sonhos

2016