Summary: Television program that explores the Inca civilization from the perspective of their construction techniques. Archaeological teams use traditional building techniques to test their hypotheses, including the building of a 150-foot suspension bridge using nothing but grass.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2006
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2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SECSummary: Talks about the 83 year construction process and the mission of what has become a house of God for all people. Gives highlights of its history from the vision that started it to the decisions that shaped its progress.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: PBS Home Video 2008
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV WASSummary: The first season of this series examines the economies of being environmentally conscious in green building design. The first program, The green apple, uses New York City, particularly One Bryant Park and the Solaire, to demonstrates how the ubiquitous skyscraper can be a model of environmental responsibility. The second episode, Green for all, features architect and activist Sergio Palleroni...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by PBS Home Video 2006
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Unlock mysteries and uncover lost history with the experts as they use yesteryear's technology to recreate five ancient engineering marvels and to discover what daily life was really like in these communities. Travel around the globe from China to Egypt and take a fresh, "hands-on" look at mankind's greatest cultures and civilizations.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Boston Video 2008
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SECSummary: "Look up toward the sky as Geoffrey Baer takes us on an exciting new journey through the skyscraper canyons of Chicago's downtown loop, revealing the secrets behind the city's most iconic landmarks and showing us why Chicago is considered the birthplace of the skyscraper...."--Container box.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: WTTW11/Window to the World Communications 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 917 CHISummary: Following the April 2019 fire that almost destroyed Paris's iconic Notre Dame Cathedral, a team of engineers, masons and timber workers set out on the daunting challenge of restoring France's historic landmark.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV REBSummary: Takes a look at various goofy buildings along the roadsides of America. These structures generally look like certain things, such as the Shoe House in York, Pennsylvania; the Frates Milk Bottle in New Bedford, Massachusetts; or the Catsup Bottle water tower in Collinsville, Illinois. Listens to comments from owners, employees, and visitors.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: WQED Multimedia Pittsburgh 2004
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Television programs about the building of the Great Pyramid at Giza and the construction of Egyptian obelisks. Archaeological teams test construction hypotheses using traditional building techniques.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2006
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SECSummary: For 25 centuries the Parthenon has been shot at, set on fire, rocked by earthquakes, looted for its sculptures, and disfigured by misguided restorations. Now, a team of architects and engineers is investigating the many mysteries of this icon of Western civilization : How did the ancient Greeks design and build their masterpiece so quickly? How did they achieve such precision and perfection...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Educational Foundation 2008
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SECSummary: Miniseries showcasing the rise and fall of the Roman Empire through the Colosseum, one of the most exhilarating and brutal arenas in the history of humanity.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV COLSummary: "Circles the globe to re-examine history's most magnificent civilizations by surveying the architectural and engineering triumphs they left behind" -- Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: History Channel 2007
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV ENGSummary: Television programs on the history of the Colosseum and Stonehenge. Nova sent archaeological teams to each site to test their hypotheses using traditional building techniques.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: WGBH Boston Video 2006
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SECSummary: A sweeping survey of Western civilization tracing the interaction between man and art, philosophy, literature, music, and architecture between the fourth and twentieth centuries.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC/2 Entertain 2010