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7 January 2025

Episode 691

30 minutes

We take a look at some silver-screen releases that take a cinematic view on the built environment. Then we go on a global green architecture tour and take a look at New Zealand’s mid-century brutalism. 

7 January 2025

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Chapter 1

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Chapter 1

‘Green Over Gray’

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Argentine architect Emilio Ambasz embraces the natural world in his green approach to architecture. This documentary highlights four of his international projects and the people who inhabit and use these spaces today. We hear from one of the co-directors, Francesca Molteni.

10 minutes

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Photo: Rick Harvie & Jane Mahoney

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‘Maurice and I’

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New Zealand filmmakers Jane Mahoney and Rick Harvie discuss their film celebrating the architectural partnership of Miles Warren and Maurice Mahoney, as well as their brutalist designs that redefined Christchurch in the 1960s and 1970s.

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Chapter 3

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Photo: Ariano Treviño Angelone

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‘Sitting Still’

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Director Gina Angelone joins us to discuss her documentary focusing on the philosophy and life story of American landscape architect Laurie Olin, whose projects include Battery Park City in New York and the Washington Monument Grounds.

6 minutes

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