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NOVA; Design Wars

08/09/1989

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Series

NOVA

Program

Design Wars

Program Number

1613

Series Description

Premiered March 1974 NOVA is a general-interest documentary series that addresses a single science issue each week. Billed as "science adventures for curious grown-ups" when it first aired in March, 1974, NOVA continues to offer an informative and entertaining approach to a challenging subject. 1996 marked NOVA's 23rd season, which makes it the longest-running science program on national television. It is also one of television's most acclaimed series, having won every major television award, most of them many times over. Series release date: 3/3/1974

Program Description

Design competition between major architecture firms to build a new Chicago Public Library. Five architects compete for the approval of architecture-obsessed Chicagoans in the contest to build the city's new public library. NOVA looks at the strengths and weakness of each of the surprisingly varied entries, and how they each solved the architectural challenges posed by the site, usage and budget constraints of the project.

Duration

00:58:02

Asset Type

Broadcast program

Media Type

Video

Genres

Documentary

Topics

Science

Citation

Chicago: “NOVA; Design Wars,” 08/09/1989, GBH Archives, accessed January 26, 2022, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_DB24D841CF724DDCA7EDE26A05E412BA.

MLA: “NOVA; Design Wars.” 08/09/1989. GBH Archives. Web. January 26, 2022. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_DB24D841CF724DDCA7EDE26A05E412BA>.

APA: NOVA; Design Wars. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_DB24D841CF724DDCA7EDE26A05E412BA