Films by Niki Thoma

Germany 2010, 78 min
by Sabine Pollmeier (PARNASS FILM)

New York, the city of skyscrapers. In the midst of this skyline one new tower is creating a furore. It is the Hearst Tower, built by the British architect Norman Foster. Norman Foster’s high-rise has been standing on the edge of Central Park since the end of 2006. The Hearst Tower rises 182 meters into the sky. A rather modest height. And soon this small-scale skyscraper may be overlooked on the dense New York skyline. If it were not for its facade! It looks like a polished diamond in the middle

Germany 2010
by Sabine Pollmeier (PARNASS FILM)

This is architecture for the 21st century. The series Up to the Sky presents three of the latest and outstanding skyscrapers. Three new towers in New York, Malmö and Barcelona that have set new standards in world architecture. Never before have so many skyscrapers have been built like in the first decade of the 21st century. Thanks to computer technology, today calculations and constructions have been made possible that were unthinkable some years ago. World-famous European architects like Norm

Germany 2009, 78 min
by Sabine Pollmeier (PARNASS FILM)

3x26min or78 minPart one: Hearst Tower, New York Part two: Turning Torso, Malmoe Part three: Torre Agbar, Barcelona This is architecture for the 21st century. The series Up to the Sky presents three of the latest and outstanding skyscrapers. Three new towers in New York, Malmö and Barcelona that have set new standards in world architecture.Never before have so many skyscrapers have been built like in the first decade of the 21st century. Thanks to computer technology, today calculations and cons

Germany
by Sabine Pollmeier (PARNASS FILM)

The Torre Agbar looks like a rocket that is about to take off into space. A simple geometric gesture – and a design by the French architect Jean Nouvel. A skyscraper which seems to come out of the future. Its silhouette has dominated the cityscape of Barcelona since 2005. Jean Nouvel designed a tower which seems to shoot up expressively. At night the Torre Agbar becomes a luminous work of art, a glowing fixed point in the pulsating metropolis. 4500 light-emitting diodes bathe it in artificial bl