The Big Lebowski
Film : The Big Lebowski (1998)
Building: Sheats Goldstein Residence
Location: Benedict Canyon, Los Angeles, USA
Architect: John Lautner
Symbolism/Reason: The modern Malibu party house occupied by pornographer Jackie Treehorn in the film ‘The Big Lebowski’ is actually located in Benedict Canyon. The Sheats/Goldstein residence was designed by architect John Lautner, whose distinctive homes are frequent film settings. An example of American Organic Architecture, the Sheats/Goldstein residence is built into the sandstone of the hillside and intended to mimic a cave. It also appeared in Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle and Bandits.
Article on John Lautners Work - http://www.thefilmcynics.com/blog/?p=1967
Sleeper
Film : Sleeper
Building: Sculptured House
Location: Denver, Colorado, USA
Architect: Charles Deaton
Symbolism/Reason: Put on the market in 2010 and swiftly sold, the Sculptured House, an unusually shaped mid-1960s home, served as a major setting in the Woody Allen movie ‘Sleeper’. Located just outside of Denver, the home – referred to by locals as the mushroom house or the clamshell house – was designed by architect Charles Deaton. The new owners gave it an energy-efficient makeover and have reportedly offered it up to HGTV as the setting for a reality show.
Good Article on the house representing future - http://www.forbes.com/2002/09/09/0909how.html
Diamonds Are Forever
Film : Diamonds Are Forever
Building: Elrod Home
Location: Palm Springs, LA, USA
Architect: John Lautner
Symbolism/Reason: The bold modern home that serves as Bond villain Ernst Stavro Blofeld’s lair in ‘Diamonds are Forever’ practically steals the show with its massive concrete domed roof looming over an indoor-outdoor swimming pool. The Elrod House was also designed by John Lautner, an apprentice of Frank Lloyd Wright who crafted an iconoclastic and sometimes controversial style that interacts strongly with the buildings’ natural environments. Designed to shield the Palm Springs home from the harsh desert sun, the concrete dome echoes massive boulders that were uncovered on the hillside during
Article on the house - http://www.palmspringslife.com/Palm-Springs-Life/February-2009/Daring-Design/
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Film : Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Building: Ben Rose House
Location: Highland, Illinois, USA
Architects: James Speyer and David Haid
Symbolism/Reason: The memorable modern home in Highland, Illinois that held Cameron Frye’s father’s Ferrari in the 80′s classic ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ could be yours for just $1.65 million. After languishing on the market, the home is getting a modern makeover complete with high-end furniture and will be back up for sale in a month or two. The 4-bedroom, 4-bath house was designed in 1953 by A. James Speyer and David Haid and is officially known as the ‘Ben Rose House’.
Article The Modernist - http://www.themodernist.co.uk/2012/03/ben-rose-house-featured-in-ferris-bueller-for-sale-1-65m/
Article More Images - http://www.originalprop.com/blog/2009/05/26/camerons-house-from-ferris-buellers-day-off-for-sale/
Twilight
Film : Twilight
Building: The Hoke House
Location: West Vancouver, Canada
Architect: Arthur Erickson (SkyLab)
Symbolism/Reason: he main vampire family in the ‘Twilight’ series, the Cullens, don’t lurk in the dark recesses of a run-down Victorian like you might expect. In the film adaptation of the first book, ‘Twilight’, film producers took the liberty of placing Edward Cullen and Co. in a bright, modern home known as the ‘Hoke House’, owned by Nike executive John Hoke. For subsequent movies ‘New Moon’ and ‘Breaking Dawn’, the production moved on to yet another modern house in West Vancouver, this one designed by architect Arthur Erickson. That 5,100-square-foot stunner is on the market for $2,998,000.
Interview with Architect - http://www.designtavern.com/2008/12/fit-for-a-vampire-the-hoke-house-the-cullen-house-from-twilight-skylab-architecture/
LA Confidential
Film : LA Confidential
Building: Lovell Health House
Location: Los Angeles, USA
Architect: Richard Neutra
Symbolism/Reason: Considered an important structure in modern architectural history, the Lovell House was the first steel frame home in the United States and an early example of the use of gunite (sprayed-on concrete). It was designed and built by Richard Neutra in the International Style in 1927 and is located in Los Angeles. It appeared as the home of Pierce Morehouse Patchett in the 1997 film ‘L.A. Confidential’.
Pulp Fiction
Film: Pulp Fiction
Building: Mia Wallace's
Location: Beverly Hills, USA
Architect: Unknown
Symbolism/Reason: The real-life home in which Uma Thurman’s character Mia Wallace lives in the movie ‘Pulp Fiction’ is located – where else? – in Beverly Hills, just a few miles north of Sunset Boulevard. While curious passersby won’t see much more than a geometric gate, the magic of modern real estate listings give us a glimpse of the interiors, which we’ll forever associate with the song ‘Girl, You’ll be a Woman Soon.’ The three-bedroom home, which was built in the ’60s, sold in 2010 for an undisclosed sum, though the listing didn’t even mention its prominent role in one of the biggest movies of the 1990s.
In real life, the home, which was built in 1960, boasts three bedrooms, three and a half bathrooms, measures 4,015 square feet and sits on almost a full acre of land. And while the real estate listing does boast that the “gated celebrity view estate” (and I’m not even really sure what that phrase means!) features an infinity pool and “state of the art electronics and security systems”, for whatever reason it fails to mention its cinematic cameo! If I was the property’s real estate agent, you can bet its appearance on the silver screen would be my main selling point! Hello! I mean, that’s bound to drive the price up at least a few dollars.
North By Northwest
Film: Norht By Northwest
Building: The Vandamm House
Location: Mount Rushmore, South Dekota, USA
Architect: Film Set built by MGM. inspired by Frank Lloyd Wright
Symbolism/Reason: Few modern homes from films are so beloved by architecture geeks as the Vandamm House, which was practically a main character in Alfred Hitchcock’s unforgettable ‘North by Northwest’. And so it is often with bitter disappointment that Hitchcock fans learn that the Vandamm House is not a creation of Frank Lloyd Wright – or even a real house at all. It was an elaborate MGM film set, placed on top of Mount Rushmore using movie magic, but it was indeed designed to resemble the works of Wright, who was the most popular architect when the film was shot in 1958. Hitchcock wanted the home (naturally belonging to a villain) to be not just impossibly luxurious but also familiar, a requirement that couldn’t be met by any real-life location.
Article - http://jetsetmodern.com/modatmovies.htm
OTHERS
Bottle Rocket (1996)
Starring: Owen Wilson, Luke Wilson, and Andrew Wilson
Bob and Future Man’s House
Architect: Frank Lloyd Wright
The Incredibles (2004)
Created by: Brad Bird for Pixar, Starring: Craig T. Nelson and Holly Hunter
Incredibles House
Environmental design by: Scott Capler and heavily inspired by Joseph Eichler
Ghost Writer (2010)
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan, and Olivia Williams
Beach House
Architect: None. Set designed on location in Germany.
I Am Love (2009)
Starring Tilda Swinton and Flavio Parenti
Recchi House
Architect: Piero Portaluppi
Crazy Stupid Love (2011)
Starring: Ryan Gosling and Steve Carell
Jacob’s House
Architect: Belzberg Architects
A Single Man (2009)
Starring: Colin Firth, Julianne Moore
George’s House
Architect: John Lautner
Incidentally the third Julianne Moore film on this list, ‘A Single Man’ was all eye candy. Helmed by first-time director and famed fashion designer Tom Ford, the Oscar-winning vehicle for leading man Colin Firth was shot partially in a 1949 John Lautner home. The Schaffer Residence is dark and moody, located on a heavily wooded plot in the bottom of a valley in Glendale, California.
The Lake House: Modern Steel on Stilts
The 2006 movie ‘The Lake House’ might have been a critical flop, but there’s one element of it that still stands out: the house itself. Ostensibly located in the Chicago area, the modern house, a glass box on stilts at the end of a pier, is minimalist steel in the tradition of architect Mies van der Rohe. Sadly, the house – which was constructed especially for the movie – was dismantled when filming was complete; local laws don’t allow dwellings on this undeveloped portion of the lake.
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