Best YouTube videos on Architecture & Cities
4 videos our team picked as worth your time. Paste any of them into YouTube Collector for the full transcript, a chaptered summary, and search across everything you save.
Jan Gehl Interview: How to Build a Good City
The Danish architect who reshaped Copenhagen, New York and London explains designing cities around people instead of cars, and what makes a street feel alive. (Published 3 Oct 2017)
The City (1939 Documentary)
A landmark documentary, scored by Aaron Copland, contrasting the smoke and chaos of the industrial metropolis with a hopeful vision of the planned community. (Published 30 Oct 2012)
Hagia Sophia: Istanbul's Ancient Mystery | Full Documentary | NOVA | PBS
For 1,500 years Hagia Sophia's vast dome has survived earthquakes that should have toppled it. Engineers build and shake-test a model to crack how Byzantine builders defied physics. (Published 21 Jun 2023)
PBS - Roman City - David Macaulay
Author-illustrator David Macaulay blends animation with visits to Pompeii, Ostia and Nîmes to show exactly how the Romans planned and built a city, grid, forum, aqueducts and drains. (Published 1 Apr 2012)