video clips
Talking Homes - Karen Burns
Dr Karen Burns discusses the home, the house, and housing. Touching on TV’s The Block, Ikea, homelessness, and the work of Simon Anderson in Perth, the video of this brief Melbourne Architecture Annual session in 2011 is worth watching. 11 minutes.
Under 40 Japanese architects
This Masters thesis movie by Vincent Hecht about young Japanese architects, including Junya Ishigami, Akihisa Hirata, Ryuji Nakamura and Sou Fujimoto, suggesting the start of a new generation in 2010. Includes interviews with architects and internal tours.
The Elegant Shed - The Extroverts
An Wellington-focused episode from the important 1984 documentary series on New Zealand architecture, hosted by David Mitchell. Included are interviews with Wellington architects Ian Athfield and Roger Walker. Includes footage of John Scott’s Futuna Chapel and Ernst Plischke’s Massey House.
Hometown Boomtown
This TV documentary from 1983 guides us through the rapid changes in Wellington in the 1970s to earthquake proof the city, and build a motorway through it. Aside from the cheesy music, it’s pretty darn interesting for anyone with an association with the city.
Melbourne Recital Centre and MTC
Premier's Design Awards – Melbourne Recital Centre and MTC Theatre from State of Design on Vimeo.
Robin Boyd: Australian Ugliness
A 2010 panel speaking on Boyd’s book at Melbourne’s Wheeler Centre. Karen Burns, Michael Heyward, Gideon Haigh, and Brenda Niall.
Good cities
Alec Tzannes discussing what makes a great city in 2010. With reference to the Sydney Opera House, Barangaroo, and a quick survey of how design is appreciated in other Australian cities.
Hearst Tower
[300 West 57th Street]
New York, New York
Monty Python's Architect Sketch
Some tips on how to present to your client.
National Identity and Traditional Building
National Identity and Traditional Building from Architects for Peace on Vimeo.
Architect Athfield
“Before he achieved worldwide fame as an actor, Sam Neill directed this documentary for the National Film Unit about lively New Zealand architect Ian Athfield. It examines the philosophy, achievements and frustrations of one of this country’s most innovative architects, who won an international competition in 1975 to design housing for 140,000 squatters in Manila, in the Philippines, yet struggled to gain recognition back home. This film culminates in Athfield’s trip to the Philippines to pursue the project.”
The Mighty Civic
An 11 minute excerpt from Peter Well’s 1988 film about Auckland’s ornate Civic theatre.
Peter Hyatt
Photographer, writer and doco maker. Hyatt has even included his 1990s videos about Norman Foster, Richard Rogers, and Glenn Murcutt on the site.
