Villainous Lairs

John Hill
24. Oktober 2023
Architect Valery Augustin of DNA A+D explains how the Vandamm House in Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest, at top, was inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater. (Photo: Screenshot from “Architect Breaks Down Why Movie Villains Live In Ultra-Modern Houses”)

Architect Valery Augustin is hardly the first person to explore the relationship between cinematic villains and modern architecture*, but his approach to explaining houses/films such as the Vandamm House in North by Northwest (1959) and John Lautner's Chemosphere in both Body Double (1984) and Charlie's Angels (2000) — sitting at a cutting mat with images of the houses — is effective, especially combined with the numerous film clips and descriptive overlays. The 14-minute video is worth watching for Augustin's analysis, which includes films that were not included in previous explorations of villainous lairs.

*Readers with a strong interest in the subject should check out:


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In another recent video from Architectural Digest, architect Robert Cangelosi gives a walking tour of “New Orleans’ Most Haunted Houses”:

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