architecture

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)

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)

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.

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)

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

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.

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)