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"Though architecture is surely an art, it is also a science and this program focuses on the scientific component. Skyscrapers have to stand up, not only to gravity but also to wind, precipitation, and sometimes earthquakes. The program also looks at ... the "intelligent home," many of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Bonin, Laurier (Author)
Corporate Authors:	Coscient Inc (film production company.), Société de radio-télévision du Québec (film production company.), Telefilm Canada (film production company.), Films for the Humanities (Firm) (film production company,)
Other Authors:	Hanessian, Lu (Narrator)
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	English
Published:	Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, [2004]
Subjects:	Architectural design. Architecture, Modern > 20th century. Concrete. Architecture, Modern. 1900-1999 Short films. Documentary films. Nonfiction films.

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Summary:	"Though architecture is surely an art, it is also a science and this program focuses on the scientific component. Skyscrapers have to stand up, not only to gravity but also to wind, precipitation, and sometimes earthquakes. The program also looks at ... the "intelligent home," many of whose features, including lighting or heating the house and even preparing morning coffee, can be fully programmed and executed automatically. Finally, the program tells us about concrete, a construction material that has become the symbol of modern architecture and is undergoing constant improvement"--Container.
Item Description:	Originally televised as a segment of the program The science show in 1990. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (23 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD.
Production Credits:	Directors of photography, Laurent Beauchemin, Sylvestre Guidi, Gilles Robert ; electronic editing, Michel Frenette ; original score, Serge Locat.