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Emery A. Gunnin Architecture Library: Films & Videos

Branch library for Art, Architecture, City & Regional Planning, Landscape Architecture, Construction, Real Estate Development, and Historic Preservation

Gunnin Media Collection

Our collections include 2,200+ DVDs, CD-ROMs, and VHS tapes of lectures, documentary and theatrical-release films, digital media compilations, and television programs pertaining to art, architecture, building, design, sustainability, urbanism, landscape, craft, and the history and experience of the built environment. DVDs and CDs are upstairs; VHS are available upon request, by title. We also loan equipment in support of building and design studio projects and classroom instruction.

Featured Films

My Playground [Kaspar Astrup Schröder and Bjarke Ingels; 51 mins.]
ARCH DVD NA9053 .S6 M9 2010
Parkour/freerunning teams from several countries take on urban architecture on several continenets.

In Danish, English, Chinese, and German. Includes subtitles in English.

[Note: DVD is PAL format, Region 2 (Europe) - will play on most laptops without additional software with a disk region change. Many laptops only allow this change a maximum of 5 times.]


ETC: Experimental Television Center 1969-2009
ARCH DVD N6494 .V53 E75 2009
5 DVD set + catalog

Excerpt:


Rem Koolhaas: A Kind of Architect
ARCH DVD NA1153 .K64 R46 2010


Faubourg Treme: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans - ARCH DVD F379 .N55 F28 2007

 


Cities on Speed - ARCH DVD HT371 .C58 2009, v. 1-4 + booklet

"The megacities of the 21st century may well turn out to be our nightmare, our nemesis."

Four documentary films : v. 1. Shanghai - Space; v 2. Mumbai - Disconnected; v. 3. Cairo - Garbage; v. 4. Bogotá - Change