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With a budget equivalent to about $300,000 today, Mr. Adam delivered the title character’s sleek, futuristic headquarters, his extravagant living room with wall-size aquarium and his creepy, grottolike laboratory.

From New York Times • Mar. 12, 2016

A short, mesmerizing video of peas swirling in water by the photographer Wolfgang Tillmans plays in the garage; a grottolike glow-in-the-dark installation by Ms. Mary occupies the basement.

From New York Times • Jul. 18, 2013

Moorish-Byzantine architecture is overlaid with stalactite-jagged pieces of stone that evoke a heavy grottolike or grim moonscape atmosphere and achieve a feeling of gloom and doom.

From Time Magazine Archive

Every inch of wall space in this grottolike shop is hung with elaborate masks skillfully handpainted in vibrant colors.

From Time Magazine Archive

Next to the Paraguayan embassy's main entrance on bustling Calle Via-monte in downtown Buenos Aires, a small, dark doorway ducks down into a forbidding, grottolike cellar.

From Time Magazine Archive