Summary: "Film Architecture and the Transnational Imagination presents for the first time a comparative study of European film set design in the late 1920s and

Films use architecture as visual shorthand to tell viewers everything they need to know about the characters in a short amount of time. Illustrated by a diverse

Summary: "Film Architecture and the Transnational Imagination presents for the first time a comparative study of European film set design in the late 1920s and

The films of Hollywood as an inspiration for modern architecture.

An examination of the ways in which architecture and architects are treated on screen and how these depictions filter and shape the ways we understand the built