ADFF 2013

Tonight is the kickoff of the 2013 <a href="http://adfilmfest.com/ny2013/">Architecture and Design Film Festival</a> at Tribeca Cinemas in NYC. Between today and Sunday 25 short and feature-length films are being screened in the festival's fifth year. <br /><br /><a href="http://adfilmfest.com/ny2013/"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghjl_kSFsWMItzcMdaVGsVd0UCE-a7W7xeHYEl9uzwQRMgyS9IJJsxIsb6FEEd_peYHYCeJp6dCJ-qFrSh_ZzQD-7REOXc1QWAyJFGTB1hIONQY45-MDxMyLr4q2DewKAm0MpVaqPhZ7MR/s1600/ny2013_right.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Some choice films include:<br /><ul><li><a href="http://adfilmfest.com/portal/index.php?mid=films_ny2013&document_srl=1500"><i>The Absent Column</i></a>, on the (unsuccessful) fight to save Prentice Women's Hospital; </li><li><a href="http://adfilmfest.com/portal/index.php?mid=films_ny2013&document_srl=1477"><i>Archiculture</i></a>, on architecture school;</li><li><a href="http://adfilmfest.com/portal/index.php?mid=films_ny2013&document_srl=1462"><i>Built on Narrow Land</i></a>, on modern houses by Gropius and others on Cape Cod;</li><li><a href="http://adfilmfest.com/portal/films_ny2013/1444"><i>The Human Scale</i></a>, on architect and planner Jan Gehl;</li><li><a href="http://adfilmfest.com/portal/index.php?mid=films_ny2013&document_srl=1472"><i>The Interior Passage</i></a>, on the realization of SANAA's Rolex Learning Centre;</li><li><a href="http://adfilmfest.com/portal/index.php?mid=films_ny2013&document_srl=1494"><i>Oyler House</i></a>, on Richard Neutra's house designed for a working-class gov't employee (now owned by celebrities);</li><li><a href="http://adfilmfest.com/portal/index.php?mid=films_ny2013&document_srl=1453"><i>Sagrada - The Mystery of Creation</i></a>, on what else;</li><li><a href="http://adfilmfest.com/portal/index.php?mid=films_ny2013&document_srl=1453"><i>Social Life of Small Urban Spaces</i></a>, the classic William H. Whyte film;</li><li><a href="http://adfilmfest.com/portal/index.php?mid=films_ny2013&document_srl=1503"><i>The Vision of Paolo Soleri</i></a>, on the "prophet in the desert."</li></ul><br />And here is an <a href="http://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/18561674/list/A-Film-Festival-Explores-Buildings-and-the-Lives-They-Touch">Ideabook at Houzz</a> that I put together on the film festival:<br /><div id="hzroot4922132" style="border: 0; font-size: 12px; margin: 0; padding: 0; text-align: center; width: 620px;"><div style="border: 0; margin-bottom: 3px; margin: 0; padding: 0;"><iframe border="0" data-hzvt="MjAxMzEwMTY6MTc1ODp2aWV3R2FsbGVyeQ==" frameborder="0" id="HouzzWidget6452393" name="HouzzWidget6452393" scrolling="NO" src="http://www.houzz.com/jsGalleryWidget/gallery/18561674//new_window=yes/title_on=yes/width=620" style="border: 0 none; height: 490px; width: 620px;"></iframe><style type="text/css">#hzfooter4922132{overflow:hidden !important;transition:height 0.8s ease 0.5s;-webkit-transition:height 0.8s ease 0.5s;} #hzfooter4922132:hover{overflow-y:auto !important;height:51px!important;}</style><br /></div></div>

ADFF 2013

Tonight is the kickoff of the 2013 Architecture and Design Film Festival at Tribeca Cinemas in NYC. Between today and Sunday 25 short and f...

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