Archinect - News 2024-12-04T03:58:39-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150451630/here-s-your-chance-to-haunt-the-beetlejuice-house Here's your chance to haunt the Beetlejuice house Josh Niland 2024-10-24T10:44:00-04:00 >2024-10-28T21:03:32-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/a1/a1c9aab00ae520a17ce44e4d375521e1.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The latest addition to <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/287980/airbnb" target="_blank">Airbnb</a>&rsquo;s icon series is now <a href="https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/1177681569332601499?source_impression_id=p3_1729779410_P3qzoCrXG1azagQ8" target="_blank">offering guests</a> the unique chance to sleep in a replica of the Maitland home from <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/2112758/tim-burton" target="_blank">Tim Burton</a>'s recent update to the 1988 classic&nbsp;<em>Beetlejuice</em>. The fictional future stay isn&rsquo;t too far away from the real-life literary haunt of West Cornwall, Connecticut, that was imitated for the movies (though fans will know they were both&nbsp;<a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150328326/is-tim-burton-s-beetlejuice-the-best-halloween-movie-for-design-students-to-watch" target="_blank">filmed in Vermont</a>). Delia Deetz is listed as its host.</p> <p>She says: "Although shrouded in black to mourn Charles&rsquo; passing, the interior is unparalleled, curated by none other than yours truly, rescued from the pedestrian eye of its previous owners. And, in return for your undying support, I will teach you to Create with a capital C in the first-ever art class from beyond the grave." (Please note: their rules require a six-guest maximum)</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/e4/e489fb651b137b070d87d7ec2015f4da.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/e4/e489fb651b137b070d87d7ec2015f4da.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image courtesy Airbnb</figcaption></figure><figure><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/61/61b53508e053734bbbd74adf3badd16d.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/61/61b53508e053734bbbd74adf3badd16d.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a><figcaption>Image courtesy Airbnb</figcaption><br></figure><figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/25/25383a463581b636bd2ee82474b1554e.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/25/25383a463581b636bd2ee82474b1554e.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image courtesy Airbnb</figcaption></figure><figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/a5/a506679728923e657780754c070c00ec.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/a5/a506679728923e657780754c070c00ec.jpeg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Image courtesy Airbnb</figcaption></figure> https://archinect.com/news/article/150328326/is-tim-burton-s-beetlejuice-the-best-halloween-movie-for-design-students-to-watch Is Tim Burton's Beetlejuice the best Halloween movie for design students to watch? Josh Niland 2022-10-29T09:00:00-04:00 >2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/b4/b4e758dc70d32873ae77f38b7d61424d.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Every season has its own set of iconic movies, and within that set, there are those that stick out for their portrayal and elevation of architectural issues. Tim Burton&rsquo;s 1988 classic, <em>Beetlejuice,</em> is perhaps the fall&rsquo;s best example &mdash; an ever-trendy classic Halloween tale that showcases and offers some critique of the period&rsquo;s salient design trends. Even the scale model of the town has some architectural qualities, and its central star &mdash; a shopworn Victorian-style home &mdash; has become an <a href="https://www.pdxmonthly.com/home-and-real-estate/2022/03/beetlejuice-house-west-hills-renovation" target="_blank">inspiration</a> to aspiring designers around the world. </p> <p>The conceit of <em>Beetlejuice</em> has essential elements that design students would be well-served to evaluate. Two families fighting for the creative control of a structure with radically different agendas. Its conflict is based on a disagreement about preferences in residential architecture: The &ldquo;good, sturdy country craftsmanship&rdquo; of a rural Victorian run up against a vacuous amalgam of 80s high design.<br></p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/85/85065e849f05fb7237126f60af4f3e28.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/85/85065e849f05fb7237126f60af4f3e28.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Opening title sequence from the film. Image courtes...</figcaption></figure>