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any good documentarys on architecture and engineering on dvd?

just interested in finding some dvd's on engineering and architecture, preferabablly one on buildings or bridges modern. historical also fine too, n e one know of any? or biographys on n e good architects or engineers of this century? n e help +10

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1. I can name a few: "My Architect: A Son's Journey" from wikipedia: The film was made by Louis Kahn's illegitimate son Nathaniel Kahn, and features interviews with many giants of modern architecture, including I.M. Pei, Anne Tyng and Philip Johnson. Throughout the film, Kahn visits all of his father's buildings including Yale Center for British Art, Jatiyo Sangshad Bhaban and the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. "The Sketches of Frank Gehry" from wikipedia: "...a 2005 American documentary film directed by Sydney Pollack, about the life and work of the Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry. Pollack and Gehry had been friends and mutual admirers for years.[1] The film features footage of various Gehry-designed buildings, including a hockey arena for the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, and the Walt Disney Concert Hall. " "Frank Lloyd Wright" A Ken Burns documentary Oh, "Man on Wire" about the tightrope walker who walked between the World Trade Center soon after their completion in the 1970's. A few to start...