Architect Richard Weiss breaks down the evolution of movie theaters from the dawn of commercial motion pictures to the present day. and a stage with an apron. However, it was adapted for the Vitascope ...

Today AD is joined by architect Valery Augustin to break down ultra-modern movie villain lairs. Often displaying Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired modernist designs, 360 views, and lavish interiors, movie ...

Kelly Hayes McAlonie and Despina Stratigakos were watching the new “Barbie” movie even closer than the average fan of the summer blockbuster. That’s because the two University at Buffalo employees ...

As Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” movie continues its momentum, breaking box office records and becoming one of the most talked about movies of the summer, Kelly Hayes McAlonie and Despina Stratigakos are ...

CHICAGO — “There’s no place for originality in architecture! Nobody can improve on the buildings of the past!” Those are the second and third lines spoken in the 1949 film version of Ayn Rand’s “The ...

Before Netflix, streaming videos and television, most people got their entertainment at a vaudeville/movie theater. These “palaces” were places to see and be seen. The Mission district was the home to ...

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The film "The Brutalist" suggests architecture is about the imposition of one person's vision - but in fact, most buildings are the result of meetings where community residents, designers, lawyers and ...

“The making of a good building,” observed architect Frank Lloyd Wright, “is a great moral performance.” Like many notable quotes about architecture, it speaks to grandeur, permanence, scale. One ...

Those are the second and third lines spoken in the 1949 film version of Ayn Rand’s “The Fountainhead,” adapted by Rand, contractually protected from studio meddling, from her 1943 bestseller about the ...