the architecture of the villain is investigated in a critically and visually compelling work entitled ?LAIR: radical homes and hideouts of movie villains.? edited by internationally acclaimed architect chad oppenheim with andrea gollin, the book explores the most iconic villainous lairs of cinema in a theoretical analysis of society?s learned perception of evil spaces. the architecture of these structures is depicted through drawings, photographs, essays, and interviews with industry professionals including both architects and production designers. detailed line drawings including plans and perspectival cutaway sections are rendered across the distinctive matte black pages in glistening silver linework.

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  with ?LAIR: radical homes and hideouts of movie villains,? chad oppenheim and andrea gollin uncover the spaces of megalomaniacs who want to rule the world from secret locations. together with an analytic essay by joseph rosa, the book published by tra publishing investigates the cultural tendency to associate modernist design in cinema with characters depicted as evil, unstable, and obsessive. as can be seen in such films as north by northwest (1959) and diamonds are forever (1971), the villain?s lair is often designed as an austere composition of glass and concrete ? a cold contrast from the traditional american homes which were widely embraced particularly during the early 20th century.

 
 
LAIR explores the contrasting percept...