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Sustainable Communities
Item# 40313
© 2008
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60825-784-3
DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-60825-785-0
What do we mean when we talk about sustainable communities? How can they be created? This program joins architects, urban planners, civic leaders, business owners, and community residents in three sep...
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Heat: Dynamic Discoveries
Item# 40067
© 2008
22 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60825-217-6
DVD ISBN: 978-1-60825-218-3
How do plants and animals stave off overheating and dehydration under a relentless sun-especially when burdened with thick skins, hides, or shells? This program looks at adaptations and survival techn...
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Green Architecture: Environmentally Friendly Housing
Item# 39106
© 2008
31 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-4213-9026-0
DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-4213-9027-7
Combining aesthetics, sustainability, and function is the challenge of green architecture-and 20 teams of college students from North America and Europe brilliantly rise to that challenge as they comp...
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Urban Regeneration: London and the 2012 Olympics
Item# 40242
© 2007
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60825-565-8
DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-60825-566-5
Besides athletic milestones, what legacy will the 2012 London Olympics leave behind? Will the Games be remembered as the driving force behind the revitalization of over 500 acres of urban brownfield l...
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Last Call for Planet Earth: Sustainable Development and Architecture
Item# 39948
© 2007
75 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60467-989-2
DVD ISBN: 978-1-60467-990-8
Radical changes in building design are needed to protect our fragile planet. This program studies the work of leading architects around the globe, all of whom employ green concepts and eco-friendly ma...
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Feelings: Emotions and Art
Item# 39856
© 2007
49 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60467-915-1
DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-60467-916-8
The idea of using art to explore the human condition rather than the divine was a significant departure from the predominantly religious artwork that preceded this secular revelation. In this program,...
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Save Our Souls: Industrialization and Art
Item# 39857
© 2007
49 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60467-917-5
DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-60467-918-2
Industrialization in the 19th century, and the widespread human exploitation and personal alienation that characterized it, produced a crisis of faith and shook people's confidence in the very concept...
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This Is Civilization
Item# 39854
© 2007
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60467-911-3
DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-60467-912-0
In This Is Civilization, art critic and renowned broadcaster Matthew Collings updates and expands upon the 1969 British television classic Civilization: A Personal View as he travels the world in sear...
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Uncertainty: Modernity and Art
Item# 39858
© 2007
49 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60467-919-9
DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-60467-920-5
Instead of offering an idealized or ennobled vision of humankind, modern art-an instrument of the tumultuous 20th century-communicates chaos, anxiety, and above all, uncertainty. In this program, Matt...
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Ye Gods: Religion and Art
Item# 39855
© 2007
49 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60467-913-7
DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-60467-914-4
This program considers the debt Western civilization owes to paganism, Christianity, and Islam, showing how each religion has influenced the other and how the art of all three continues to exert an ef...
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