Bandon Public Library

"Narrated by author and critic Alastair Gordon, Art House is a journey into the private worlds created by a handful of America's most eminent artists and designers, from the romantic (Hudson River School painter Frederic Church's Olana) to the futuristic (urbanist Paolo Soleri's silt-casted structure Cosanti). Each of the homes and studios in Art House, such as Russel Wright's Manitoga and Henry Chapman Mercer's Fonthill, are deeply imbued with the...

Sam Walczak is a recent engineering graduate who travels to the middle of nowhere to supervise the demolition of the mysterious Malestrazza Building. She soon comes in contact with the horrifying secrets of the building and its past inhabitants, many of whom were entombed alive within the walls of the building by its obsessed architect. Sam begins to unravel the clandestine details of the architect's life and his building, she becomes drawn into the...

This is the true story of Mary Reynolds, a feisty landscape designer whose goal is to share the beauty of wild nature with the world. With the odds stacked against her, Mary enters the prestigious (and conservative) Chelsea Flower Show to execute a competition garden using only wild plants. To achieve her goal, she must enlist handsome botanist, Christy Collard, working in Ethiopia, and a rag-tag group of hippies to help her. From the iconic green...

Combines location sequences and animation to show the building of a Gothic cathedral. Begins with a tour of Chartres, Reims, Amiens, Bourges, Beauvais, Notre Dame de Paris, Laon, and the Royal Abbey Church of St. Denis. Discusses life in the medieval era and how churches were a center of life

Witness the majesty of the Pyramids of Giza, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, the Pharos of Alexandria and the Statue of Zeus at Olympia

Brings the core design principles of The not so big house to life with footage from Not So Big homes around the country. Shows how to transform one's house, condo, or apartment into a beautiful, comfortable home, emphasizing quality over quantity and a high level of personal detail

Travel to the top of the world to explore the remarkable Incan city of Machu Picchu, high in the Andes, and see incredible footage of its discovery.

Carved from a hundred million pounds of stone, soaring effortlessly atop a spiderweb of masonry, Gothic cathedrals are marvels of human achievement and artistry. But how did medieval builders reach such spectacular heights? Consuming the labor of entire towns, sometimes taking a hundred years to build, these architectural marvels were crafted from just hand tools and stone. Many now teeter on the brink of catastrophic collapse

When a renowned architecture scholar falls suddenly ill during a speaking tour, his son Jin finds himself stranded in Columbus, Indiana; a small Midwestern city celebrated for its many modernist buildings. Jin strikes up a friendship with Casey, an architecture enthusiast who works at the local library. As their intimacy develops, they explore both the town and their conflicted emotions: Jin's estranged relationship with his father, and Casey's reluctance...

Examines homes and buildings built out of natural materials such as sand, mud, and straw, through interviews with natural builders