architecture

Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance - The Magnificent Medici

In 1466, at 17, Lorenzo d’Medici foils a murderous plot against his father and saves his family from a coup d’etat. He ushers in another Medici chapter in the history of Florence and the Renaissance. (44 min, 6 segments)

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48 - Marrakech

In the Berber city of Marrakech, in the foothills of Morocco’s Atlas Mountains, Al Jazeera’s 48 team reveal the hidden side of life in a city regularly visited by millions for its exotic chic, but truly seen by few. (24 min, 2 segments)

Segments: 1 2

Paradise Found: Islamic Architecture & Art

This documentary tours through the Muslim world, in search of that “atmosphere of Paradise,” hidden away in mosques and palaces (90 min in 10 segments). Istanbul is on Segment 7.

Segments: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Medici: Godfathers of the Renaissance - Birth of a Dynasty

Europe, 1400: No longer neglected in the shadows of the Church, classical philosophy, poetry, art and sculpture begin to reach a new audience. With increasing trade and wealth an appetite for enlightenment develops. (54 min in 6 segments)

Segments: 1 2 3 4 5 6

Chlorofilia 2106 - Future Architecture

A fascinating organic vision of what architecture could be in 2106. (7:70 min)

Extreme Engineering - California Academy of Sciences

A short virtual tour (5:40 min) plus a Discovery Channel documentary (40 min in 4 segments) on the engineering achievement of the California Academy of Sciences, believed to be the greenest museum in the world.

Segments: 1 2 3 4 5

Extreme Engineering - City in a Pyramid

A Discovery Channel program about a visionary plan for a city in a pyramid on Tokyo Bay. To build it, planners intend to use science and technology that’s on the bleeding edge and may actually shape the direction in technology, transportation, construction. (42 minutes in 5 segments)

Segments: 1 2 3 4 5
  • Edgar Cayce

    Decoding the Past – The Other Nostradamus
  • Frontiers: Sci-Tech

  • Parallel Universes
  • Michio Kaku Talks About ETs and the MultiVerse
  • Kaku: 3 Types of Extraterrestrial Civilizations
  • Time Travel by Virtual Reality
  • Human Version 2.0
  • The Intelligent Revolution
  • Large Hadron Collider - The Search For The Higgs Boson
  • Nanotechnology Takes Off
  • China Watch

  • Beijing’s Bird Nest Stadium
  • Olympic Water Cube [H2O]3
  • China’s Sexual Revolution
  • Uyghur - China’s Other Tibet
  • The Story of India

  • The Series - Volume 1-4
  • Plus:
  • The Life of Buddha
  • City of the Gods - Angkor, Cambodia
  • Food Around the World

    Street Food: Beijing | Cairo | Mumbai | Nairobi | New York | Penang
    No Reservations: Vietnam | Indonesia |
  • Someday We Will Have a Cool Map

    Africa > North Africa
    Egypt | Kenya | Morocco | Niger | Uganda

    Middle East > Afghanistan | Iran (Persia) | Iraq | Israel/Palestinian

    South Asia > Bangladesh | India | Pakistan
    Southeast Asia > Cambodia | East Timor | Indonesia | Thailand | Vietnam
    Asia > China | Japan | Tibet

    Canada | U.S.
    Latin America > Brazil | Guatemala | Mexico | Nicaragua | Peru | Venezuela

    Europe > Great Britain | Greece | Italy | Macedonia | Russia | Spain | Germany

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