Stockholm Archipelago

Feast your eyes on the world's most outstanding architectural photographs, videos, visualizations, drawing and models: Introducing the winners of Architizer's inaugural Vision Awards. Sign up to receive future program updates > Architecture and movies have always gone together, from Hitchcock’s pioneering use and representation of space to Kubrick’s anxious use of interiors to Terry Gilliam’s absurdo-futurist panoply of forms in Brazil.

“In our culture, stereotypical portrayals of architects are rampant, with the caricatures showing them as overworked, underpaid artistic wannabes shrouded in black.” Lidija Grozdanic’s perfect summary of the clichés embodied by our profession is accurate on at least one point — architects adore black. Not just for clothes, though: Obsidian hues are often harnessed in their architecture, too, in order to summon a deep contrast with the both natural surroundings and light-filled interiors.

"In our culture, stereotypical portrayals of architects are rampant, with the caricatures showing them as overworked, underpaid artistic wannabes shrouded in black." Lidija Grozdanic's perfect summary of the clichés embodied by our profession is accurate on at least one point — architects adore black. Not just for clothes, though: Obsidian hues are often harnessed in their architecture, too, in order to summon a deep contrast with the both natural surroundings and light-filled interiors.