Article about the book "Lair" by Chad Oppenheim and what Hollywood actually gets wrong about Mid-century modern

Graphics from https://www.cnn.com/style/article/movie-villains-modern-architecture/index.html.  

Architect Chad Oppenheim published "Lair:  Radical Homes and Hideouts of Movie Villains" 
in March 2020.  The premise is that modernist, futuristic and utopian architecture has been (erroneously) associated with amorality. 

"Modern domestic architecture has become identified almost exclusively with characters who are evil, unstable, selfish, obsessive ..."  Joseph Rosa (CEO of the Frye Art Museum) writes in an essay in the book. "Were they still alive, this might thoroughly shock the pioneers of modernism who envisioned their movement facilitating a healthy, honest, and moral way of life."



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