BUILDING FOR MEANING: THE ARCHITECTURE OF EVANS WOOLLEN
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Architect Evans Woollen has created some of Indiana's most memorable buildings, including Clowes Hall, the New Harmony Inn and the monastery at St. Meinrad. This documentary explores the intellectual/aesthetic/spiritual fusion that informs Woollen's work, and his passion for enriching the present with historical context while leaving space for future possibility. Leading architectural critics and historians share their perspective on Woollen's work and the man himself, in a series of articulate interviews, provides a personal view. An extraordinarily graceful study, the video is an invaluable production, not only to the work of a single architect, but to the values that inform an appreciation of a built environment and a Midwestern sensibility. 55 mins / 1994

HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN INDIANA
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Saving historic buildings neighborhoods, and commercial and rural areas is a challenge most easily won with partners. Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana does the rewarding work of preservation and restoration with other statewide organizations and with more than 180 community-based preservation groups and commissions around the state. This video is intended to assist local preservation efforts. Whether you’re looking for technical assistance, restoration advice or education about Hoosier architecture, this video and guide should help you locate the assistance you need. 25 mins / 1996

MICHIGAN AVENUE: FROM MUSEUMS TO THE MAGNIFICENT MILE
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Architecturally, Michigan Avenue is one of the nation's great streets. The eclectic array of structures gives it class and character. Chicago was born in 1833, and its architecture matured in relation to historical events and civic philosophies. After the fire of 1871, cultural institutions rose up in great numbers along the Avenue to counter the city's rough and tough image. This video delivers and interprets the facts about Chicago's architectural history. In the process, it teaches viewers how to think about architecture in relation to history, art, and urban planning. 30 mins / 1994

TAKING THE HIGH GROUND
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Here’s a neat video to get young and old alike thinking more carefully about the physical histories of their communities. Produced by Bloomington Restorations with a grant from the Indiana Humanities Council and Historic Landmarks Foundation, TAKING THE HIGH GROUND focuses on the "lives" of buildings in Monroe and Owen counties. The audio is superb—the listener can hear birds chirp as residents talk about Maple Grove Road, with its dry laid stone wall; old farmsteads circa 1818, and other structures that have stood for more than a century and contributed to the area’s identity. 35 mins / 1997

THREE ENGLISH CATHEDRALS
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This video visits three spectacular English cathedrals representing a range of styles. Norwich, among the best-preserved of the Anglo-Norman cathedrals built after the Norman Conquest, was intended to impose the conquerors’ powerful presence on the Saxons. The delicate, complex Lincoln Cathedral features the first use of spreading ribs in vaults, an invention that eventually would spread throughout England. The facade of Wells includes the richest sculpture in the country and, with its unusual scissor arches, is the best-loved of English cathedrals. This video moves through the structures accompanied by medieval music, exploring contrasts of dark and colored light, spaces interrupted by delicate columns, and the extraordinary patterns of ribs. Diagrams and aerial views show how the cathedrals housed the liturgical and other activities of monks, canons and bishops. 45 mins / 1993

THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF HOUSES
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This video integrates the topics of technology, natural resources, multiculturalism, and architecture to address one of the primary human needs: housing. This video for younger audiences combines cinematography and animation to explore housing as a function of culture and environment. Viewers go from prehistoric times to ancient Greece and China, to the Hawaiian tropics and the Alaskan tundra, exploring why certain types of peoples live in certain types of houses. 42 mins / 1992

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