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BBC
49 min 3 sec - Jul 16, 2007
www.bbc.co.uk
The 5 thousand year old city of Caral, in Peru, is as old as the pyramids of Egypt and a thousands years older than any other civilization in the Americas. Many believe it is the missing link of archeology.
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Not sure how I missed this TED talk. Anyway, Thom Mayne was one of the founders of Morphosis, who were doing interesting things with asymmetric geometry or ‘deconstruction’, and actually getting it built, while people like Zaha Hadid were still just producing pretty drawings. Enjoy.
Running time: 22 mins
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A classic documentary from one of the greatest architecture critics. This film was made in the same year as Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown, and Steven Izenour wrote ‘Learning from Las Vegas’, heralding the birth of the Post Modern architecture movement. Its a better legacy than the buildings that were subsequently produced.
Running time: 52 mins.
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An overview of Dubai’s megaprojects including the Palm Islands, Burj Dubai (world’s tallest building), Dubailand (world’s largest theme park), in the style of those weird pornographic miltary promotional videos for fighter planes and heavy artillery.
Running time: 1 hour 11 mins.
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Running time: 1 hour 33 mins.
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