Vilanova Artigas: The Architect and the Light

2015 | 94 minutes | 6.8 ★ (5)

Vilanova Artigas: The Architect and the Light
  • Overview

    The documentary rebuilds the life of the Brazilian architect João Batista Vilanova Artigas. His relatives, friends, students and six of his major works tell the history of this iconic Latin-American modernist.

  • Release Date

    25 June 2015

  • DirectingLaura Artigas
  • Budget

    $0.00

  • Revenue

    $0.00

  • Stars

Videos

User Reviews

See more

More Like This

Paris Train Stations: Shaping the City

Paris Train Stations: Shaping the City

Every day, Paris’ six railway stations welcome over 3,000 trains and more than a million travelers coming from France and all over Europe. The...

See more
The Amateur

The Amateur

The memory of Piero Portaluppi, a Milanese architect who reached the peak of his fame during the 20 years of the Fascist regime, comes back to life...

See more
Bauta

Bauta

Bauta is a short documentary that explores public, monumental buildings in Norway - stone and concrete buildings. By the public they have the...

See more
Ad Astra

Ad Astra

A visual journey through Norwegian modernist church architecture. A short documentary film that pays tribute to the Norwegian church and post-war...

See more
Mid-Century Moderns: The Homes That Define Palm Springs

Mid-Century Moderns: The Homes That Define Palm Springs

This documentary film goes beyond the walls and hedges of Mid-Century homes that were built in neighborhoods like Twin Palms, Vista Las Palmas and...

See more
Simetrias

Simetrias

Les Invalides: La construction d'un symbole

Les Invalides: La construction d'un symbole

The Importance of Being an Architect

The Importance of Being an Architect

A documentary film conceived as a virtual dialogue and musical journey in four acts, which investigates the responsibility of architects in...

See more
Steven Holl: The Body in Space

Steven Holl: The Body in Space

"Steven Holl: The Body in Space" explores the career of the innovative, highly renowned American architect. In this portrait Holl presents some of...

See more
L'Hôtel de ville : Mégastructure parisienne

L'Hôtel de ville : Mégastructure parisienne

In Ictu Oculi

In Ictu Oculi

The six-decade transformation of a block of houses, shown by means of artfully featured archival shots, highlights the beauty and sadness of...

See more
Lewerentz Divine Darkness

Lewerentz Divine Darkness

A cultural-historical portrait of the renowned and enigmatic architect Sigurd Lewerentz, who rarely allowed himself to be captured on film.

See more
Brasília

Brasília

Tadao Ando: Samurai Architect

Tadao Ando: Samurai Architect

Tadao Ando (b.1941) is a world-renowned architect, and a recipient of the Pritzker Architecture Prize. His calm, minimalist architecture with...

See more
Relics of the Future

Relics of the Future

A documentary featuring internationally renowned photographer Toni Hafkenscheid as he explores hidden stories behind iconic architectural...

See more
The Lost World of Tyntesfield

The Lost World of Tyntesfield

Dan Cruickshank explores one of Britain’s last Victorian country homes, Tyntesfield, a Gothic fantasy frozen in time and a monument to the...

See more
From the West

From the West

A film essay investigating the question of what “the West” means beyond the cardinal direction: a model of society inscribed itself in the Federal...

See more
Concrete Forms of Resistance

Concrete Forms of Resistance

Filmed in Tripoli, Lebanon, Concrete Forms of Resistance is a documentary centred upon the city’s abandoned ‘Permanent International Fair’...

See more
Mysterium Gotik - Als die Kathedralen in den Himmel wuchsen

Mysterium Gotik - Als die Kathedralen in den Himmel wuchsen

Île de la Réunion - L'incroyable route qui défie l'Océan

Île de la Réunion - L'incroyable route qui défie l'Océan