LA MOSQUEE ROYALE D'ISPAHAN - Un film de Richard Copans - 26'
En 1598, le roi Abbas planifie un immense projet urbain. Sa Mosquée royale incarne la richesse inouïe d’un art de vivre, la puissance d’un roi et le talent de centaines d’artisans.

The Royal Mosque at Isfahan - A movie by Richard Copans - 26'
In 1598, King Abbas planned an immense urban project. His royal Mosque captured the unprecedented wealth of an art of living, the king’s power, and the talent of architect Ali Akbar Esfahani.


LA PYRAMIDE DU ROI DJOSER A SAQQARAH - Un film de Stan Neumann - 26'
La pyramide de Djoser, la plus ancienne d’Egypte, révèle les premiers pas de l’architecture comme pratique savante, distincte de la simple construction. Djoser est un lieu d’innovation et d’invention qui témoigne d’une véritable ambition architecturale.

The Pyramid of Pharoah Djoser at Saqqara - A movie by Stan Neumann - 26'
The Djoser pyramid, the work of legendary architect Imhotep, is the oldest in Egypt, and bears witness to the first steps of architecture as a scholarly pursuit, as opposed to simple construction. It was a revolution in three thousand years BC, born out of a desire to perpetuate tradition.


LA PHILHARMONIE DE LUXEMBOURG - Un film de Richard Copans - 26'
De forme elliptique, la Philharmonie avec son filtre de colonnes blanches et ses falaises colorées fait découvrir le grand auditorium comme un véritable joyau dans son écrin.

The Philharmonie Luxembourg - A movie by Richard Copans - 26'
The elliptical shaped Philharmonie, with its filter of white columns and colourful cliffs, houses the Grand Auditorium in the manner of a jewel in its display case. It is one of the most beautiful buildings by architect Christian de Portzamparc.


LA CHOCOLATERIE MENIER - Un film de Stan Neumann - 26'
L’usine Menier fut entre 1870 et 1914 la plus grande chocolaterie du monde. Mais ce fut aussi une usine pionnière en matière d’innovation architecturale.

The Menier chocolate factory - A movie by Stan Neumann - 26'
The Menier factory at Noisiel, outside Paris, was the largest chocolate factory in the world between 1870 and 1914. Throughout its three successive states, it tells the story of a veritable laboratory of industrial architecture in the second half of the 19th century.


HOTEL ROYAL SAS - Un film de Richard Copans - 26'
Construite entre 1955 et 1960, la tour de l'Hôtel Royal SAS marque le basculement du Danemark dans la modernité de l'après-guerre. C'est une oeuvre totale, où tout, du cendrier au volume du bâti, a été conçu et dessiné par Arne Jacobsen.

The SAS Royal Hotel - A movie by Richard Copans - 26'
The SAS Royal Hotel tower marked Denmark’s entry into post-war modernity. It is a major work that combines functionalism, simplicity and elegance, and in which everything, from the ashtrays to the building’s volumes, were created and designed by Arne Jacobsen.


LA GARE SAINT-PANCRAS - Un film de Richard Copans - 26'
À Londres, au 19e siècle, la Midland Company fait bâtir la gare Saint-Pancras et un hôtel de luxe. L’architecte W.H. Barlow construit la halle la plus haute de l'époque et réalise un exploit avec une charpente d'une portée unique de 73 mètres, sans poteaux ni piliers.

Saint Pancras Station - A movie by Richard Copans - 26'
In the 19th century in London, the Midland Company had Saint Pancras and a luxury hotel built. Engineer W.H. Barlow carried out a major feat, creating a 73 metre single-span hall, with no columns or pillars. As for architect Sir George Gilbert Scott, his Midland Grand Hotel was a neo-gothic manifesto. Available in English Audio Version / In deutscher Audioversion erhältlich