2024-04-27T10:50:58-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/147829447/beyonc-filmed-her-nola-themed-formation-video-at-this-historic-pasadena-mansion Justine Testado 2016-02-10T20:16:00-05:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/5x/5xw8ehhc6w0h55vd.png?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Despite the themes of the video, nothing was shot in New Orleans...The concept and quick turnaround required Tobman and the rest of the crew to convert [the Fenyes Mansion in Pasadena into a] fitting Southern Gothic set...A Beaux Arts mansion commissioned by and built for Dr. Adalbert Fenyes and his wife Eva Scott Muse Fenyes in 1905, there was nothing really Southern about architect Robert D. Farquhar's design</p></em><br /><br /><p>If you're still bumpin' the Queen Bey's <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrCHz1gwzTo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">latest hard-hitting single</a>, get a glimpse of the history behind the Fenyes Mansion in Pasadena, where parts of the song's impressive music video were filmed.</p><p>More music-related goodness on Archinect:</p><ul><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/147661460/la-mayor-eric-garcetti-slow-jams-101-freeway-closure-announcement" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LA mayor Eric Garcetti slow-jams 101 freeway closure announcement</a></li><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/145115150/jimenez-lai-to-create-a-very-large-structure-at-coachella-2016" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jimenez Lai to create "a very large structure" at Coachella 2016</a></li><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/144515110/take-a-listen-to-the-nyt-s-beautiful-sonic-portraits-of-architectural-spaces" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Take a listen to the NYT's beautiful sonic portraits of architectural spaces</a></li></ul>