Architectural Digest has released a new House of the Dragon Season 3 set tour, with Emma D’Arcy and production designer Jim Clay taking fans behind the walls of Westeros.
The video is not a trailer, but it may be even more satisfying for viewers who love the craft behind the series. D’Arcy, who plays Rhaenyra Targaryen, walks through some of the show’s key interior spaces while Clay explains how architecture, texture, colour and detail help build the political world of the Red Keep.
That makes this a perfect Architectural Digest feature. House of the Dragon is full of dragons, bloodlines and warArchitectural Digest* feature. House of the Dragon is full of dragons, bloodlines and war strategy, but so much of the show’s power comes from rooms: council chambers where decisions become disasters, private chambers where grief turns into ambition, and grand staircases where status is communicated before anyone says a word.
The tour includes Rhaenyra’s chambers, the Grand Staircase, Alicent and Helaena’s chambers and the Council Chamber. Those spaces matter because the show is not just about who has dragons. It is about who controls the room, who sits at the table, who is allowed to speak, and who is quietly being trapped by the architecture of power.
Emma D’Arcy is a particularly good guide for this kind of video, because Rhaenyra’s relationship with place has changed so much across the series. She has moved from princess to claimant to wartime ruler, and the rooms around her reflect that transformation. The more ceremonial the setting becomes, the more lonely and dangerous her position feels.
For fans of fantasy series, this set tour is a lovely reminder that Westeros is built as much by craftspeople as by writers and actors. Every carved surface, candlelit corridor and stone wall helps sell the illusion that these families have been fighting over power for generations.
House of the Dragon Season 3 is currently airing on HBO and HBO Max.
