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Showing 1 - 10 of 14 titles with a criteria of Available to public libraries AND Subject is Sustainable Architecture


Aboriginal Architecture

New structures in seven North American Native communities that reinterpret traditional forms for contemporary purposes.

Bullfrog Films | 2006 | 93 minutes

The Absent House

Sustainable design in the tropics. The story of a Puerto Rican architect pioneering locally-suited green buildings for over thirty years.

Icarus Films | 2013 | 55 minutes

Bauhaus Spirit

How do we want to live, where do we want to go? The film tells the fascinating story of the Bauhaus movement and explores its current significance as an artistic and social force.

Icarus Films | 2018 | 90 minutes

Biophilic Design

A design revolution that connects buildings to the natural world, buildings where people feel and perform better.

Bullfrog Films | 2012 | 62 minutes

Bringing It Home

Extols the many benefits of industrial hemp for the environment and human health, while revealing the obstacles to what could be a thriving industry for U.S. farmers.

Bullfrog Films | 2014 | 52 minutes

Dreaming of a Tree House

An exploration of the design and philosophy behind a 20 year-old experimental, ecological collective housing project in the center of Berlin.

Icarus Films | 2011 | 85 minutes

Fixing Food 2, Ep. 2: Healing the Land

As farmer Rachael Slattery describes it, young farmers today are inheriting land that has been overused and abused for generations – and she thinks regenerative agriculture is the key to fostering a sustainable future.

Bullfrog Films | 2024 | 9 minutes

Future of Mud

This is the story of Komusa Tenapo, master mason and heir to the secrets of Djenne architecture, the traditional use of mud in Malian buildings.

Icarus Films | 2007 | 58 minutes

How to Build an Igloo

A demonstration of igloo-building in Canada's Far North.

National Film Board of Canada | 1949 | 10 minutes

Monobloc

Tells the story of how the best-selling, unsightly plastic chair took the world by storm.

Icarus Films | 2022 | 90 minutes