For Diamonds Are Forever Ken Adam created a full set of wonders, including Willard Whyte's penthouse. One side of the set existed of a windowfront, from where you had a complete overlook of Las Vegas. The part of Willard Whyte was angelehnt an Howard Hughes. Cubby Broccoli, a friend of Howard Hughes, told Adam that Hughes handeled a lot of buisness on the toilette. So Ken Adam created a toilette set with all kind of electrical gadgets like telephone and so on and with the correspending luxury.
Sean Connery’s final official turn as Bond, also put on display the work of John Lautner who designed Elrod House.
With all the extravagances in Diamonds are Forever, this scene is arguably one of the most memorable.
Perhaps that has something to do with Bambi and Thumper, the athletic female duo that gleefully pummel Mr Bond. Even so, the spacious interior, panoramic vista and interplay of diagonals with circular forms, leaves an ever-lasting impression.
The living room, a conical concrete dome divided by fans of glass, opens to the surrounding landscape and a semi-circular pool. Lautner’s ability to define spaces using diagonals and curved surfaces in the same context with equal deftness is where he surpasses his famous mentor, Frank Lloyd Wright.
All these qualities prove ideal for film. It’s as if the Elrod House had been designed for the 2.35:1 frame aspect ratio of Diamonds are Forever. His architecture continued to make appearances in movies from Lethal Weapon 2 in 1989 to 1998’s The Big Lebowski.
the Elrod house:
the Whyte penthouse :
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