fallingwater neuschwanstein hybrid

The fictional castle atop Reichenbach Falls as seen in 'Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows' (Ritchie 2011)
This is the fictional castle or fortress atop the Reichenbach Falls where the showdown between Holmes and Moriarty takes place in A Game of Shadows (Ritchie 2011). It was created by the VFX company Framestore. Their first inspiration was the Festung Hohenwerfen in Austria:
 
Festung Hohenwerfen
But as Hohenwerfen looked a bit too military, the designers threw in elements inspired by Schloss Neuschwanstein in Bavaria:
 
Schloss Neuschwanstein
And then of course, the basic idea, to my eye, comes from Frank Lloyd Wright‘s Fallingwater:
 
Fallingwater

RITCHIE, GUY STEWART. 2011. Sherlock Holmes: A game of shadows [motion picture]. Burbank: Warner Bros.
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