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A series devoted to the most ambitious architectural creations of the 19th and 20th century, consisting of remarkable archive material, scale-models, and interviews with some of the greatest architects of our time.
The Jewish Museum Berlin - An extraordinary broken line evokes the memory of the Holocaust. The most stunning building in the new Berlin was designed by Daniel Libeskind.
The Garnier Opera - The largest and most prestigious building built in 19th century Paris. A major achievement of the "beaux-arts" style - designed by Charles Garnier, who created a masterpiece of neo-classicism.
The Convent of La Tourette - A convent for the Catholic Order of the Dominicans: a place of study, prayer, and meditation. Designed by Le Corbusier, an architect whose only religion was architecture.
The Casa Mila - A residential building in Barcelona - an extraordinary sculpted work created by Antonio Gaudi.
The Auditorium Building in Chicago - Designed by Louis Sullivan, the father of American architecture. A complex that incorporated a luxury hotel, an office building, and the largest opera house in the world. A revolutionary, "democratic" building.
The Municipal Center of Saynatsalo - One of the 20th century's greatest architects, Alvar Aalto, built the municipal center for a small commune of 3,000 people in the heart of Finland. A humanist masterpiece, and a modern homage to the "ideal city" of the Italian Renaissance.
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