Building the Gherkin.

Title & Author:

Building the Gherkin.

Publication:

Description:

1 videodisc (52 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Notes:
Camera, Fred Rotkopf ; editor, Janet Taylor ; original score, Diego Baldenweg.
Written and directed by Mirjam von Arx.
DVD.

Summary:

A documentary that covers the four-and-a-half year development period of the Swiss Re building in London, England. Documenting everything from the initial blueprint design to the give-and-take between client and architect to the furnishing of the workspace, the film provides an essential, rarely presented, overview of the entire architectural process.

Subject:

30 Saint Mary Axe (London, England)
Office buildings England London.
Skyscrapers England London.
Immeubles de bureaux Angleterre Londres.
Gratte-ciel Angleterre Londres.
Buildings
Office buildings
Skyscrapers
London (England) Buildings, structures, etc.
England London

Form/genre:

Documentary films.
Feature films.
Documentaries (motion picture genre)
Video recordings.
Optical disks.
DVDs.
documentary film.
Nonfiction films
Documentaires.
Films autres que de fiction.

Added entries:

Arx, Mirjam von.
Cinema Guild.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 257198
Call No.: BIB 187647
Status: Available

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