July 1, 1959, marked the release of Alfred Hitchcock's North by NorthWest, featuring the appearance of the iconic Vandamm House, the most famous house in the world that was never built.
The house expresses a predator ready to pounce on its prey, as a representation of the owner, the villain.
In the film, for the general overview of the house, two scenes were created with matte photography, based on two paintings of the main facades. All other indoor and outdoor scenes were created in the studio setting, with only the living room with the mezzanine on the inside and the entrance and the cantilever on the outside visible.
Based on the two paintings of the facades and the set design in the studio, what would the VanDamm House looked like in total? How would set designer architect Robert F. Boyle have designed the entire house, based on the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright, particularly on his most famous house Fallingwater?
Concept Design
VanDamm House, Mount Rushmore, South Dakota, USA
Credits to Robert F. Boyle and his team:
William Horning, Merrill Pye, Henry Grace, Frank McKelvey
Matthew Yuricich (paintings)
House 3027 M2, Terraces 1273 M3, Total 4300 M2
Ground Floor front:
entrance, hall, lobby, fireplace, living,
wine deposit, bar, dining, tv room, lounge, mountain view terrace
butler’s kitchen, main kitchen, breakfast terrace
Ground Floor back:
Piano-bar, lounge, sun terrace, pool 90 M2
2 security hotel rooms, terrace
staff apartment, terrace
gym
First Floor:
void, entresol, library, terrace
presidential suite, terrace
eve’s suite, terrace
guest suite, terrace
4 guest rooms, terrace
au-pair room with junior room, terrace
spa, terrace
Roof Top:
outside spa, sun terrace
Basement:
Parking 7 cars, hall, pantry, technic spaces
front desk, offices, office patio
viewing room, world domination board room
special vehicles parking, technic space swimming pool