The film features computer-generated animation, interviews with architects and historians and location shooting as Goldberger explores Latrobe's life, from his early years in England to his immigration to the young republic and his work on such iconic buildings as the U.S. Capitol, the White House and the Baltimore Basilica.
Benjamin Latrobe: America's First Architect

Courtesy Maryland Historical Society
Airs Monday, August 9, 2010 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV
Ode To Benjamin Henry Latrobe