Cool Spaces
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Cool Spaces

Season 1
Profile the most provocative and innovative public space architecture in North America. Each episode is organized around a central theme—Performance Spaces, Libraries, Art Spaces, and Healing Spaces—and profiles three buildings. Guided by architect and teacher Stephen Chung, we see why each building was designed, how it was designed, and discover just what makes the building so cool.
20144 episodesTV-G
UnscriptedSpecial Interest
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - Performing Spaces

    March 26, 2014
    56min
    TV-G
    Featured buildings: Barclay's Center, Brooklyn NY; Cowboys Stadium, Dallas, TX; Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, Kansas City, MO
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  2. S1 E2 - Healing Spaces

    April 16, 2014
    57min
    TV-G
    Featured buildings: Health Sciences Education Building, Phoenix, AZ; Yale Health Center, New Haven, CT; Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, Las Vegas, NV
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  3. S1 E3 - Libraries

    April 2, 2014
    56min
    TV-G
    Featured buildings: James B. Hunt Jr. Library, Raleigh, NC; South Mountain Community Library, Phoenix, AZ; Seattle Central Library, Seattle, WA
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  4. S1 E4 - Art Spaces

    April 9, 2014
    55min
    TV-G
    Featured buildings: Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, PA; Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture, Charlotte, NC; Bloch Building at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO
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