Architecture Movie Reviews Samples For Students

History of Ant Farm

Ant Farm was formed in 1968 by architecture post-graduates Doug Michels and Chip Lord who were later joined by Curtis Schreier as one of the group’s core members (Feldman 1). Chip Lord was an architecture graduate from Tulane University and later received various awards such as the National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships; the Creative Artist Fellowship from the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission; and the Western States Regional Media Arts Fellowships (Electronic Arts Intermix). Douglas Michel, on the other hand, graduated from the Yale School of Architecture and after Ant Farm, spent the rest of his career teaching at ...

In this video, the life and philosophy of Frank Lloyd Wright is examined. It starts with a speech about Wright about the nature of architecture and his ability to create. The fundamentals of architecture involves knowing and studying life; this is accomplished merely through living it. If you manage to relish life and cherish everyday moments, you will be able to learn more about how things are shaped and created.

Organic architecture is natural; when you create a new structure or building, it has to blend in naturally with the rest of the environment and not stand out against it. Wright ...

The mention of Holocaust brings to mind probably the greatest agony in history that mankind has ever faced. It is agonizing to even imagine the world being revisited by the horrendous events between 1938 and 1945. More than six million people (most of them Jews) were murdered in a state-sponsored spree led by Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Party in Germany during the World War 2. The event of the Holocaust have been captured in several books and films each trying to capture the horrific memories of the events in the best way they know how. In the film Night ...

Vertical Architecture

Describe the difference between buildings categorized as“bicycle chassis" and “hybrid SUV chassis."
While “bicycle chassis” buildings are planned based only on the amount of resources available at the site, the “hybrid SUV chassis” also use technology to power up. The latter are still very efficient and smart buildings.

Out of all possible alternatives, the double façade was chosen for its high impact on sustainability and cost-efficiency.
What design decision was made based on the concept of “hedonistic sustainability”? Instead of asking the user to make a sacrifice for the sake of sustainability, the design team considered ...

Before Sunset

A city is a natural habitation for people in the 21st century. People are born, they study, work and die in cities. A place, wherein people spend most of their time should be both multi-functional and convenient. Thus, city planning is of outmost importance for people to live in a comfortable and friendly environment. There have been numerous attempts to improve urban planning and to create a dream city. Some of such attempts remained to be theoretical developments only, while others were realized, for example, such utopian projects as Howard’s Garden Cities of Tomorrow or Le Corbusier’s ...

In this documentary film, Art historian Gus Casely-Hayford travels to Africa to explore the fascinating history of the great kingdom of Zimbabwe. Produced by BBC in 2010, Great Zimbabwe is the third season of the Lost Kingdoms of Africa documentaries, which were being aired by BBC Four. Directed by Sarah Howitt and Ian Lilley, the film has a runtime of 51 minutes, with the narration part solely done by Gus Casely-Hayford. Casely is among the many historians, archaeologists and researchers of the recent past who have devoted their efforts to unravel the history of Africa and its incredible preserved treasures ...

Introduction

Raise the red lantern (1991) is a Chinese film whose main theme is sexual enslavement. The protagonist in the film lives life in a closed system where the long established customs that rule demand no escape. The protagonist in the film is a nineteen year old girl who drops out of college in the event of her father’s death. The girl is condemned into a life of a concubine of a wealthy man, alongside four others, because her mother denied her support after the demise of her father. The movie in itself is an anthropological lesson because it enlightens on the nature of humans ...

Ethiopia was mainly ruled by Emperors till 1974, where a military coup overthrew Emperor Haile Selassie from power. The documentary looks at some of the major sites that had been built by former emperors and their significances. One of the outstanding things in this documentary is the form of architecture and cosmopolitan-ship by the look of the buildings. In addition, different emperors are isolated, which helps in preserving culture among the Ethiopians. It is crucial to note that most emperors believe that their power was from God and that some Ethiopians fell under King Solomon’s lineage. Given that Ethiopia ...

The movie is a juxtaposition of the modern and abstract, industrialization v/s modernization and has themes of the Second world war and Hitler’s enforced opinion of art to the modern abstract painting that cam by more so influence by architecture and all having deeper meaning of life connected with it.
Art of Rome and Greece was a pure reflection of the view of Gods that divinity lies in man, his shape and form reverberated throughout their architecture and various statues that dot this ancient city. The story of civilization is slowly woven though art wherein it is expressed that ...