Friday, June 25, 2010

Movie Architecture 001, Bed of Roses

Bed of Roses is a romantic drama starring Mary Stuart Masterson and Christian Slater that arrived in theaters in 1996. I'm often inspired by the architecture of movies and really like the loft that Lewis Farrell (Slater) lives in.

It's a large open space, sparsely furnished with cream walls and robins egg blue trim. There are banks of windows on the tapered walls of a mansard roof with great views of the city.

This orrery, or solar system model in primarily brass and copper that revolves under this skylight is interesting. This is one of a series of skylights that lead to the garden on the roof.

You can see the bottom of the orerry just above the build in book case that any bibliophile would love. You can see Lewis moving this wheeled ladder toward the skylight to gain access to the roof. This would be a great space to live in.

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