Great Expectations: A Journey Through the History of Visionary Architecture

March. 30,2007

Rating：

7.8

Genre：

Documentary

Keywords：

Architecture

Trailer Synopsis Cast

This documentary provides an astonishing journey through innovative, futuristic, utopian and sometimes bizarre architecture projects—including concrete illusions of grandeur and Lego-like modular apartments to an Instant City Airship and round, grass-covered subterranean dwellings—from the beginning of the 20th century to today.

Similar titles

These Four Walls

A short documentary that takes a look at Pratt Institute's Architecture program and how the first years handle the rigorous workload.

See Detail

These Four Walls 2023

Rome's Invisible City

With the help of a team of experts and the latest in 3-D scanning technology, Alexander Armstrong, along with Dr Michael Scott, explores the hidden underground treasures that made Rome the powerhouse of the ancient world.

See Detail

Rome's Invisible City 2015

Restoring a Masterpiece: The Renovation of Eastman Theatre

Take a look behind the curtain to see the vast history and recent renovation of one of Rochester, New York's most famous landmarks. Architects, theater personnel, historians, community leaders, and citizens provide in depth insight from start to finish in one of the most extensive renovations the city has ever seen.

See Detail

Restoring a Masterpiece: The Renovation of Eastman Theatre 2010

If You Build It

A year in the life of one of America's most innovative classrooms where students design & build to transform their hometown community. The film follows Emily Pilloton and Matt Miller as they teach the fundamentals of design, architecture and construction to a class of high school juniors in rural North Carolina.

See Detail

If You Build It 2013