Radical homes and hideaways of movie villains

I'd been feeling under the weather lately, so I decided to watch old James Bond movies on VHS to uplift my soul. In the 1967 flick You Only Live Twice, Ernst Blofeld's lair is located inside a volcano and features everything an evil genius could wish for. There's a stolen Soviet rocket ship, a helipad, an attack helicopter, and a command center. But the SPECTRE boss isn't the only movie antihero who has a penchant for lavish hideaways.

In the new book Lair: Radical Homes and Hideouts of Movie Villains, Miami-based architect Chad Oppenheim examines 15 of the best-designed supervillain dwellings, from Nathan Bateman's modern Alaskan compound in Ex Machina to Lex Luthor's majestic subterranean hideout.

The 296-page hardcover showcases over 200 photographs, illustrations and renderings of the diabolical lairs. It also features interviews with production designers, architects, producers, and directors to give readers views of the spaces they've never seen on the films.

Take a look at this trailer by Carlos Fueyo, who also did the illustrations for the book:

Thanks to Eli for the alert.

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