“I’m the closest that there is to the creative mind of László,” said Becker, who crafted the ingenious mid-century furniture, ...

Central to the plot of the director Brady Corbet’s new drama, “The Brutalist,” is an enormous structure known as the Van Buren Institute. A24 Situated in Pennsylvania, it is made of concrete.

Brady Corbet’s film follows Hungarian-Jewish architect Lazlo Toth, whose architectural vision is shadowed by a life of loss.