A real place on screen
Marin County Civic Center
Long blue roofs, a gold spire and repeated arches turn county administration into a continuous landscape. The Administration Building opened in 1962 and the Hall of Justice in 1969.
- Architect / attribution
- Frank Lloyd Wright
- Building chronology
- 1962 / 1969
- Place
- San Rafael, California, United States
The real building
Marin Civic Center outside.jpeg
Marin Civic Center, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
Entrance to Marin County Civic Center , 1963, with one visitor (white sweater) and a county employee. "Entrances are controlled by vertical grills of gold-anodized metal with rounded tops and bottoms, rather than doors."
w:National Register of Historic Places listings in Marin County, California . Marin County Civic Center, junction of N. San Pedro Rd. and Civic Center Dr., San Rafael, California
Films at Marin County Civic Center
Gattaca (1997)
On screen: Gattaca Aerospace Corporation
Marin’s tourism board identifies the Civic Center as the space agency headquarters.
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
Sony Pictures · Scene image source
Movie frame
Columbia Pictures · Scene image source
Movie frame
Columbia Pictures · Scene image source
Filming evidence
THX 1138 (1971)
On screen: Underground society location
Marin County confirms that the Civic Center was used for both THX 1138 and Gattaca.
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
THX 1138 · Warner Bros. / American Zoetrope · Scene image source
Filming evidence
Building sources
A screen appearance does not imply public access. Consult the venue for current visiting arrangements.