Modernist posters reimagine the architecture of James Bond

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While architecture may not be the first thing that springs to mind when we think of James Bond, the film\u2019s locations are not only often crucial to the plot but also look pretty cool. Now, the most iconic sets from the films have been celebrated by artist Leonie Wharton, who...

Fort Knox may be at the centre of Goldfinger’s masterplan, but 007 doesn’t plan on letting him control the world’s gold market just yet. Surely, though, they can at least agree on the beauty in the building’s symmetrical Art Deco lines.What is it with James Bond and sharks? 007 just can’t resist them, illustrated here at Rock Point, the Bahamas home of Emilio Largo and where Bond decides to take a dip in a shark-infested pool.

Switzerland’s iconic Piz Gloria restaurant is brought ominously to life – an appropriate spot, then, from which to wage a bacteriological war.Puerto Rico’s Arecibo Observatory becomes secret antenna cradle Janus Satellite Control Center, the evil headquarters which control the GoldenEye satellites in 1995’s classic GoldenEye.Home to Bond’s arguably most enticing villain, Hashima Island in Takashimamachi, Japan, becomes the lair of Raoul Silva in Skyfall.

 

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