CinemaOSMovie · 2009 · 1h 26m · NR

Designing With Nature: Arts & Crafts Architecture in Northern California

Documentary

Designing with Nature provides a vivid account of a pivotal chapter in the architectural history of Northern California. Set in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the documentary examines the work of several major architects who were influenced by Arts and Crafts ideals, as well as by the reformist ethos of the Progressive Era. These designers sought to create an architecture suited to the landscape, climate, and emerging culture of the region. Rejecting Victorian excess and the artificial separation of art and craft, they strove to create an organic architecture based on unified design and harmony with nature.

Directed byPaul Bockhorst

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 26m
Language
EN
Released
January 1, 2009
Studios
Paul Bockhorst Productions

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring

Richard Doyle

Narrator

Robert Judson Clark

Commentary

Richard Longstreth

Commentary

Kenneth Cardwell

Commentary

Richard Guy Wilson

Commentary

Leslie Freudenheim

Commentary

Susan Cerny

Commentary

James Lawrence

Commentary

John Gaul

Commentary

Carol Ann Rogers

Commentary

Creative team
Directed by
Paul Bockhorst
Written by
Paul Bockhorst
Produced by
Paul Bockhorst

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