Architecture and Design Festival Returns September 28
Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw the Future explores the life and work of the Finnish American architect.
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Saarinen’s son, Eric, is one of the central characters in the film and is also behind the film’s stunning cinematography.
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Amare Gio Ponti, a film by Francesca Molteni, will make its U.S. debut at the festival.
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The Happy Film follows designer Stefan Sagmeister and his existential quest to achieve happiness.
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The Happy Film follows designer Stefan Sagmeister and his existential quest to achieve happiness.
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Where Architects Live ushers viewers into the inner sanctums of several architects. Here is a glimpse inside the Fuksas’ home.
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David Chipperfield’s house, as seen in Where Architects Live.
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Zaha Hadid’s dining room, as seen in Where Architects Live.
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The Architects: A Story of Loss, Memory and Real Estate by Tom Jenning’s follows the architecture competition to rebuild the World Trade Center site, post 9/11.
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The Architects: A Story of Loss, Memory and Real Estate by Tom Jenning’s follows the architecture competition to rebuild the World Trade Center site, post 9/11.
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Design that Heals showcases the story behind MASS Design Group’s cholera treatment center in Haiti.
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Design that Heals showcases the story behind MASS Design Group’s cholera treatment center in Haiti.
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Facing up to Mackintosh chronicles Steven Holl’s charge to design a new building facing Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s masterful Glasgow School of Art.
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Facing up to Mackintosh chronicles Steven Holl’s charge to design a new building facing Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s masterful Glasgow School of Art.
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Pedro E. Guerrero: A Photographer’s Journey traces the life and work of one of America’s most sought-after architectural photographers. Shown here is a Guerrero with Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Frank Lloyd Wright, as shot by Pedro Guerrero.
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Some Kind of Joy: The Story of Grimshaw in Twelve Buildings
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Some Kind of Joy: The Story of Grimshaw in Twelve Buildings
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Some Kind of Joy: The Story of Grimshaw in Twelve Buildings
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Workplace explores the trajectory of office design.
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Workplace explores the trajectory of office design.
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Windshield: A Vanished Vision tells the story of John Nicholas Brown and Anne Kinsolving Brown and the couple’s vision for Windshield, a doomed house designed by Richard Neutra.
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Windshield: A Vanished Vision tells the story of John Nicholas Brown and Anne Kinsolving Brown and the couple’s vision for Windshield, a doomed house designed by Richard Neutra.
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Like Jason Bourne, this summer’s blockbusters seem to have suffered from a case of cinematic amnesia. Filmmakers resurrected Ghostbusters and The Jungle Book while moviegoers endured a second dose of Independence Day and an impressive fifth helping of Mr. Bourne. Thankfully, New York’s Architecture & Design Film Festival this month promises to screen some original—and architectural—flicks. The annual showcase, now in its eighth edition, will feature a lineup of more than 30 feature-length and short films, all focused on architecture and design.
The festival will kick off with the world premiere of Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw the Future. Directed and produced by Peter Rosen, the film explores the life and work of the Finnish American architect through stunning cinematography (by Saarinen’s own son, Eric) and interviews with a host of experts.
Other selections are more offbeat. The Happy Film—a Tribeca Film Festival favorite—follows designer Stefan Sagmeister (at times prancing through New York in a pink bunny suit) and his existential quest to achieve happiness. Another film, called Where Architects Live and based on an exhibition at the 2014 Salone del Mobile of the same name, ushers viewers into the inner sanctums of Shigeru Ban, Daniel Libeskind, the late Zaha Hadid, and more. Who isn’t itching to see where David Chipperfield sleeps?
The Architectural & Design Film Festival will take place from September 28–October 2 at the Cinépolis Chelsea in New York.
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