2024-12-23T21:20:04-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/149950107/watch-the-trailer-for-the-new-film-the-architect Nicholas Korody 2016-06-07T18:11:00-04:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/u8/u8o8b7lesbrfbb4h.png?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>When a couple sets out to build their dream house, they enlist the services of a visionary modernist architect, whose soaring ideas are matched by only his ego. The woman is swept away by the uncompromising creative artist whose personality provides a stark contrast to her practical husband's. She is so taken she hardly notices the Architect is building HIS dream house.</p></em><br /><br /><p>The latest film to satirize the profession,&nbsp;<em>the Architect&nbsp;</em>stars Parker Posey, James Frain, and Eric McCormack and was written and directed by Jonathan Parker.</p><p>It's not immediately clear if the architect is modeled after anyone in particular. The character's appearance resembles a certain <a href="http://archinect.com/heatherwick" target="_blank">British designer</a>&nbsp;a bit, while the work looks a bit like a more curvilinear Richard Meier project.</p><p>What do you think? An unfair portrait of architects or a spot-on satire of the discipline's more hubristic tendencies?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://vimeo.com/160949784" target="_blank">The Architect - Trailer (2016)</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/parkerfilm" target="_blank">Parker Film Company</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com" target="_blank">Vimeo</a>.</p>