[Originally published in Azure Magazine Nov. / Dec. 2016] Filmed, produced, directed and edited by Tomas Koolhaas over the course of … More
Tag: film
Three Roles Played by Architecture in Three Recent Films
[Originally published in O magazine] Buildings are as ubiquitous in films as they are in our lives. Even in the most … More
Dizzying Inequality
Ben Wheatley’s film High Rise, a multi-story about decadence and class war in a Brutalist housing estate in London, brought plenty … More
Generic No More: Toronto Modernism in Denis Villeneuve’s ‘Enemy’
Canadian cities such as Toronto or Vancouver are often used by Hollywood to represent either generic modern cities that could … More
Triumph of the Shell
[originally published in Mark Magazine #26] In cinema, there is a common type of architectural scene: a building … More
Everyday Camouflage in “The Visitor”
The story told by Tom McCarthy in his highly commendable film The Visitor, which deals, among other things, with the … More