North By Northwest is full of architecture, starting with Saul Bass's titles, which begin as an abstract grid that is gradually revealed as the glazed facade of the UN building in Manhattan.
Close-ups of menus, tabletops, signs on store fronts, and market stalls always add interest and a welcome change of perspective when you have an album full of architecture and landscapes.
They rely on a clear framework of streets and open spaces, designed by and for the public, that over time can support the full spectrum of architecture, from the pedestrian to the heroic.
The narrower end houses a desk that curves like the office to allow space for Deeds, two clients and a desktop shaped to hold a full set of architecture plans (plus thin storage drawers custom-designed for plans).
In a wealthy city full of monumental architecture, the new building, designed by Rafael Moneo, seems consciously unobtrusive and even bland.
"The British arrived in a country full of beautiful architecture and left all kinds of horrors," said William Dalrymple, a historian and writer who splits his time between London and New Delhi.
Situated on the Tamar estuary, where the North Esk and South Esk rivers meet, it's a compact and elegant full of Victorian architecture and handsome parks, surrounded by some spectacular scenery.
Artists like Claude went in for "ideal" views of an eternal, irenic Arcadia full of Classical architecture, while the unsurpassed Dutch masters of the genre scrutinized nature as it really is, with incomparable sensitivity.
Today, that remote outpost is the capital of French-speaking Canada, full of European architecture that remains untouched by time.
Full of Victorian architecture and traditions tied to the Kentucky Derby (mint juleps, big hats, Hot Browns), it's also a very young town bursting with life.
The landscapes are bright and inviting, full of practical architecture colliding with a Tron-like aesthetic, as well as other levels containing lava hazards and coated in snow.
