Arch. moods.

A real place on screen

Bradbury Building

A modest street frontage conceals a luminous atrium, open-cage lifts and intricate iron galleries. Its layered interior is one of Los Angeles’s most recognisable architectural spaces.

Architect / attribution
George Wyman; initial design by Sumner Hunt
Building chronology
1893
Place
Los Angeles, California, United States

The real building

Bradbury Building — photograph 1
Levi Clancy · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Original photograph source

Bradbury Building interior Los Angeles, California

Films at Bradbury Building

Blade Runner (1982)

On screen: J. F. Sebastian’s building

The atrium and galleries appear in the film’s climactic pursuit.

In the film

Movie frames and production stills are shown separately from photographs of the real building. Film and image credits remain with their respective owners.

Movie frame

Searchlights cut through the Bradbury Building’s atrium in Blade Runner.
Searchlights cut through the Bradbury Building’s atrium in Blade Runner.

The Blade Runner Partnership · Scene image source

Movie frame

Pris approaches the Bradbury Building across the rain-soaked street.
Pris approaches the Bradbury Building across the rain-soaked street.

The Blade Runner Partnership · Scene image source

Movie frame

A car arrives outside the Bradbury Building in the night-time street sequence.
A car arrives outside the Bradbury Building in the night-time street sequence.

The Blade Runner Partnership · Scene image source

Filming evidence

Building sources

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