A Weekly Dose of Architecture Books

Lair: Radical Homes and Hideouts of Movie Villains Chad Oppenheim, Andrea Gollin (Editors) Tra Publishing , November 2019 Hardcover | 9-1/4 x 13 inches | 296 pages | 200+ illustrations | English | ISBN: 978-1732297869 | $75.00 Publisher's Description : From Atlantis in The Spy Who Loved Me to Nathan Bateman's ultra-modern abode in Ex Machina , big-screen villains tend to live in architectural splendor. The villain’s lair, as popularized in many of our favorite movies, is much more than where the megalomaniac goes to get some rest. Instead, the homes of the villains are places where evil is plotted and where, often, the hero is tested and must prove him/herself. Like evil itself, the abodes of movie villains are frequently compelling and seductive. From a design standpoint, they tend to be stunning, sophisticated, envy-inducing expressions of the warped drives and desires of their occupants. Lair , the first title in Tra Publishing's Design + Film series, celebrat...

Spirit of Place Oppenheim Architecture Tra Publishing , June 2019 Paperback | 9 x 13 inches | 236 pages | 120 illustrations | English | ISBN: 978-1732297821 | $55.00 Publisher's Description : "For thousands of years, civilization has constructed its buildings on the land. We prefer to construct our buildings with the land, where architecture recedes and becomes a frame," writes Chad Oppenheim. These words are the theme of Spirit of Place, the first monograph of the work of Oppenheim Architecture. Through passion and sensitivity towards man and nature, the firm creates monumental yet silent work that invokes a site’s inherent power. The book, with 120 stunning photographs and minimal text, features seven of the firm's projects, ranging in scale and location from homes in the Bahamas and Aspen to a resort in the Jordanian desert. The projects are categorized by each site’s predominant natural element: dune, desert, stream, river, sea, canyon, and peninsula. ...