Set Design: The Latest Architecture and News
Lights, Camera, Architecture!: Where Set Design and Architecture Cross Over
Bothi Sides / DJA. Image © Uldis Lapiņš
What do Kanye West and Frank Gehry have in common?
As a first impression, not much. However, they have both engaged on stages with striking design details: the use of exaggerated scale and dimensions to manipulate visual perception, bulky concrete walls and slabs to emphasize heavyweight and grandiosity, visible scaffolding to create an industrial, unfinished feel... Sounds familiar, doesn't it?
https://www.archdaily.com/910113/lights-camera-architecture-where-set-design-and-architecture-cross-over Dima Stouhi
Architecture: the Unsung Hero of Your Favorite Film
Columbus, IN.
How does the built environment--whether fictitious or entirely founded in reality--impact how we experience and process film? From lesser-known indies to blockbuster movies, the ways in which architecture and the built environment inform everything from scene and setting, to dialogue and character development has far-reaching effects on the audience's cinematic experience. Below, a roundup of everything from recent releases to classic cinephile favorites uncovers the myriad ways in which film utilizes architecture as a means of achieving a more authentic and all-encompassing form of storytelling.
https://www.archdaily.com/903182/the-built-environment-is-the-unsung-hero-of-your-favorite-blockbuster Olivia Jia
Architecture On Screen: Illustrated Plans From 6 Award-Winning Films of 2017
Why does a film garner critical acclaim? Is it captivating performances from its actors? Stunning tableaus and cinematic moments? Or, could it be the intricate sets where tales of drama, laughter, love, and loss play out?
Following her stunning watercolor prints of last year's Oscar nominees and the Netflix sensation Stranger Things, architect and illustrator Boryana Ilieva provides a glimpse into the elaborate sets of 6 stand-out films from 2017. With the Golden Globes broadcasted earlier this month and the Academy Awards only a few weeks away, the homes in these award-winning motion pictures deserve as many accolades as the Hollywood stars who inhabit them.
https://www.archdaily.com/887807/architecture-on-screen-illustrated-plans-from-6-award-winning-films-of-2017 Evan Pavka