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  17 May | MODERNIST BIO: Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw the Future

  Film: Eero Saarinen: The Architect Who Saw the Future 2016, Dir. Peter Rosen, 70 mins, English. The film explores the life and visionary work of Finnish-American modernist architectural giant Eero Saarinen (1910-1961). Best known for designing National Historic Landmarks such as St. Louis’ iconic Gateway Arch and the General Motors Technical Center (Warren, Mich.), Saarinen also […]

  
  
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  14 June | CONTEMPORARY ARCHI: The Infinite Happiness

  Film: Infinite Happiness 2010, Dir. Louise Lemoine, Ila Bêka, 85 mins, English. Conceived as a personal video diary, The Infinite happiness is an architectural experience. The film takes us to the heart of one of the contemporary housing development considered to be a new model of success. Inhabiting the giant “8 House” built by Danish architect […]

  
  
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  19 July | EASTERN BLOC: The Age of Kommunalki

  Film: The Age of Kommunalki 2013, Dir. Elena Alexandrova, Francesco Crivaro, 68 mins, Russian with subtitles. Beyond the beautiful evocative facades Saint Petersburg downtown, an unique world, unknown to most visitors, hides itself: the world of Kommunalki. Still nowadays, almost one hundred years from the October Revolution, a lot of people of different ages and from […]

  
  
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  16 Aug | ARCHI x FASHION: Notebook on Cities and Clothes

  Film: Notebook on Cities and Clothes 1989, Dir. Wim Wenders, 81 mins, English | Japanese | French with English subtitles. This “diary film” as Wenders called it, investigates the similarities of his craft, filmmaking and that of the Tokyo based fashion designer Yohji Yamamoto. In the early 1980s, he shocked and revolutionized the fashion world. Wenders shot […]

  
  
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  13 Sept | BRIT BRUTE NIGHT: Saving Britain’s Past | The Barbican: A Middle Class Council Estate | Street’s in the sky

  Film: Saving Britain’s Past – Streets in the sky – Park Hill 2010, Produced by BCB UK, 28mins One episode of the series charting the development of the conservation movement in Britain since the Second World War. Architecture critic Tom Dyckhoff visits the most controversial listed building in Britain: the Park Hill flats in Sheffield. Although it […]

  
  
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  18 Oct | LOCAL LEGENDS: NOVA the Film | Forced Out

  Image: Nova.   Our annual programme of shorts & films highlighting the life & work of our local legends of the built environment. The focus is on films about locals by locals and the perspective they offer us on who/what/why we are the way we are.   Film: Nova the Film 2010, Dir. Isaac Niemand, 75mins. […]

  
  
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  Robin Boyd Foundation

  DADo is proud to be part of the Robin Boyd Foundation. We appreciate their support and making Walsh Street available for our screenings. Please visit the Robin Boyd Foundation‘s website for upcoming events.

  
  
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  ARCHIVE

  Films and documentaries selected for Season 2016 are: 2o April | The “Concrete Love: The Böhm Family” Guest Speaker: Hamish Lyon, Principal of NH Architecture    18 May | Italiano Night: Amare Gio Ponti| Il Capo | Vivere alla Ponti Guest Speaker: Donald Holt (HOLA Projects)    15 Jun| Strange & Familiar: Architecture On Fogo Island | […]

  
  
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  2017 Season Sponsor: Bates Smart

  Big THANK YOU to our 2017 Season Sponsor for their enthusiasm and generosity – our success depends on your support.  Bates Smart  

  
  
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  2017 Season Supporter: MGS Architects

  Big THANK YOU to our 2017 Season Supporter for their enthusiasm and generosity – our success depends on your support.  MGS Architects