'I don’t want realism. I want magic': behind the fantasy fueling our real estate voyeurism
- Written by Andrew Toland, Senior Lecturer in Landscape Architecture, University of Technology Sydney
In 2014, a Florida real estate group began advertising its latest in a series of luxury condominiums designed by global “starchitects”.
The ads featured photorealistic computer-generated imagery inhabited by rich and beautiful people lounging by the rooftop pool; staring languidly out towards the endless view of the...