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ON THE EDGE OF TOMORROW is the final episode chronologically but first to be produced of a television documentary series STONE TO STEEL about the development of modern American architecture from 1865 to 1965.  It is the story of extraordinary people and the landmark buildings they created in Southern California.  


Our method interweaves live cinematography, rare archival images and extended personal interviews, letting each speak in its own distinctive voice without a scripted, voice-over narration. 


The interview subjects become characters in their own right.  They include not only architectural historians, but also revisionist critics, archivists, building curators, design practitioners, engineers and the descendants and associates of the participants.   


Our goal is not only to recount history, but also to explore its context of time, place and thought.  We trust viewers to interpret the source material for themselves, developing their own understandings of its relevance to our contemporary society and culture.


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Los Angeles Conservancy

National Trust for Historic Preservation

National Trust for Historic Preservation

The film's fresh storytelling approach and vivid imagery are sure to fortify interest in Modernism and introduce a  new generation to one of Southern California's most celebrated architectural styles.

National Trust for Historic Preservation

National Trust for Historic Preservation

National Trust for Historic Preservation

Stone to Steel has the potential to convey an important, underappreciated story to public television viewers.  It will relate how America's foremost architects, each shaped by their own time and circumstance, have...molded the built landscape we live in today.

National Building Museum

National Trust for Historic Preservation

American Institute of Architects

We at the Museum believe that this series has the potential to enhance the public’s appreciation for architecture not just as an aesthetic and technical enterprise, but also as an expression of social, cultural, and political values.

American Institute of Architects

Society of Architectural Historians

American Institute of Architects

Stone to Steel reveals the cultural and economic circumstances of buildings, their architects, their landscapes, and their patrons.  Its creators try to define what it means to be American. The answer  is neither straightforward nor easy— nuances that Stone to Steel bravely addresses.

Society of Architectural Historians

Society of Architectural Historians

Society of Architectural Historians

Your program puts architectural design in the context of American social and cultural history, and is among the best films i've seen on the history of the built environment.  It is an intelligent, insightful documentary.

Additional Endorsements

Society of Architectural Historians

Society of Architectural Historians

Cal Humanities


International Documentary Association


San Francisco Film Society


National Society of Professional Engineers

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Nancy Versaci

 Armand Versaci

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Cesar Pelli

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Margaret Bates and Scott Johnson

Yvonne and Bill Ekern

Irwin Kaplan

Turner Construction




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American Academy in Rome

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