Subject guides: Urban Planning and Design: Streaming Video

Streaming Video Databases via the Library

Archistar
Archistar is a an Australian platform, providing a comprehensive set of architectural software tutorials – mostly focused on architectural software and practices – for staff and students to use. Self-enrol using a Monash email address.

Art and architecture in video This link opens in a new window
Online streaming film collection of documentaries and interviews illustrating the theory and practice of a variety of art forms, including architectural and graphic design, and providing the context necessary for critical analysis. The collection spans period and region, including coverage of the Renaissance, Neoclassicism, Romanticism, Modern, and Contemporary art.
Kanopy This link opens in a new window
Kanopy offers more than 20,000 award-winning documentaries, training films and theatrical releases.
To log into Kanopy:
1. Click on 'Log In to Monash'
2. Enter your Monash credentials in the popup window
3. Click on 'Skip' for "Create Your Account"
LinkedIn learning This link opens in a new window
LinkedIn Learning is an online educational platform of expert-led, online streaming video tutorials in fields such as software, creative, and business skills.
OnArchitecture : a selection of original content featuring the best architecture in the world. This link opens in a new window
The audiovisual archive features a series of original videos, with interviews of prominent architects, and a focus on buildings and installations.

Featured videos

70 acres in Chicago: Cabrini Green
Filmed over a period of 20 years, 70 ACRES IN CHICAGO chronicles the demolition of Chicago's Cabrini Green public housing development, the clearing of an African-American community, and the building of mixed-income communities on the valuable land where Cabrini once stood.
Life architecturally
Life Architecturally follows internationally acclaimed husband and wife team, architect Robert McBride and interior designer Debbie Ryan, to discover what inspires their groundbreaking architectural concepts and designs. This intimate documentary observes the pressures of building a multi-story, twin-tower development.
The New Modernists: 9 American Architects
This film looks at nine American-based innovators and their work for housing projects, commercial architecture, private houses and renovations, across time zones from New York to L.A. to Japan and beyond.
The New Modernists: German Architecture for the 21st Century
A visit with the principals of seven architectural practices at the sites of their best work in many parts of Germany. The eleven architects, all born after World War II, give insight into the situation of architecture and the architect in Germany today, a country which played a key role in the advance of modernism.
Strategic Planning and Urban Design Foundations
Urban designers work with a multidisciplinary team to shape how a city looks and functions, helping to make it a more livable, sustainable, and resilient place for people to live. In this course, join Marc Asnis, an urban designer for the city of Portland, Oregon, as he helps to acquaint you with the basics of urban design.