Architecture through Movies

Architectures appear in almost all movies, at least those with human activities. Even in the movie Robinson Crusoe featuring an oceanic adventure in a desert island, the hero set up a shelter to keep himself away from wind and rain. Many directors highlight architectures in their movies and Zhang Yimou is a celebrated representative. In Raise the Red Lantern, the renowned Chinese director set the story in the Qiao Family Compound, a typical Chinese-style courtyard compound in Shanxi Prov…

Architecture through Movies

Spectators who have watched Harry Potter movie series must be fascinated by Hogwarts Castle- the assembly hall hanging hundreds of chandeliers and countless steps of the spiral staircases, exaggerated by animation technologies, show viewers a horrible and fabulous world of wizardry.