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Cira Center, Philadelphia
Title
Cira Center, Philadelphia [electronic resource (video)] / Electric Sky (Firm)
Published
New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2008], c2007.
Physical Description
1 streaming video file (28 min.) : sd., col., digital file.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on May 08, 2008.
Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
Title from distributor's description.
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
It is an increasingly common scenario: a developer wants to build a tower in a depressed urban area, and must fill half the building before permits are issued. What's the ace in the hole? A superstar architect who brings media attention to the project. This program recounts such a story, in which Petronas Towers and Canary Wharf creator Cesar Pelli waved his magic design wand over the Cira Center project, making it stand apart from other Philadelphia high-rises. In addition to the building's design features, the program reflects on the question: are celebrity architects over-hyped and overpaid, and what-if any-public benefits exist to offset their staggering paychecks?
Variant and related titles
Films on demand.
Other formats
Originally produced: Electric Sky (Firm), 2008
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 20, 2019
Series
Vertical City: Ten Skyscraper Case Studies
System details note
Mode of access: Internet.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Audience
11 & up.
Contents
Philadelphia's Celebrity Architect-Built Skyscraper (3:27)
Advantages for Skyscraper's Tenants (2:37)
Interior of Cira Center Skyscraper (1:57)
Financial Partners for Cira Center's Construction (2:30)
Value of Celebrity Architects (4:42)
Prestige Attracts Tenants (1:24)
Architect Cesar Pelli on Cira Center and Architecture (5:42)
Technology and Window Washing at Cira Center (3:03)
Videorecording number
39194s Infobase
39202 Infobase
Subjects
Genre/Form
Educational films.
Internet videos.
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Electric Sky (Firm)
Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Infobase.
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