Bradbury Building
Los Angeles, California, United States
George Wyman; initial design by Sumner Hunt
Architecture on screen · Science fiction
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The buildings behind the fiction. Explore the homes, palaces and civic spaces that became part of cinema’s imagined futures.
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16 films · 17 documented locations
Blade Runner
1982 · Ridley Scott
Old Los Angeles becomes a layered future: ornate ironwork, ceremonial halls and Wright’s patterned concrete.
Ennis House
Los Angeles, California, United States
Frank Lloyd Wright
Los Angeles Union Station
Los Angeles, California, United States
John and Donald Parkinson
Dune: Part Two
2024 · Denis Villeneuve
Scarpa’s quiet memorial becomes a setting for an imperial dynasty.
Brion Memorial
San Vito d’Altivole, Veneto, Italy
Carlo Scarpa
Gattaca
1997 · Andrew Niccol
A civic building becomes the ordered world of a space programme.
Marin County Civic Center
San Rafael, California, United States
Frank Lloyd Wright
Ex Machina
2015 · Alex Garland
A secluded Norwegian hotel helps build a convincing retreat for an artificial-intelligence experiment.
Juvet Landscape Hotel
Valldal, Norway
Jensen & Skodvin
Brazil
1985 · Terry Gilliam
A theatrical housing complex provides a ready-made dystopian backdrop.
Les Espaces d’Abraxas
Noisy-le-Grand, France
Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
2013 · Francis Lawrence
A historic Atlanta house becomes a centre of power in Panem.
Swan House
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Philip Trammell Shutze
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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2
2015 · Francis Lawrence
Real housing and a historic mansion contribute to the architecture of the Capitol.
Les Espaces d’Abraxas
Noisy-le-Grand, France
Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura
Swan House
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Philip Trammell Shutze
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Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope
1977 · George Lucas
Earth-cut domestic architecture becomes one of the most familiar homes in science fiction.
Hotel Sidi Driss
Matmata, Tunisia
Vernacular Amazigh architecture
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Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
1999 · George Lucas
An Italian royal palace supplies real ceremonial space for Naboo.
Royal Palace of Caserta
Caserta, Campania, Italy
Luigi Vanvitelli; continued by Carlo Vanvitelli
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Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones
2002 · George Lucas
Naboo and Tatooine draw on Italian gardens, Spanish civic architecture and a Tunisian courtyard.
Villa del Balbianello
Tremezzina, Lake Como, Italy
Architect not established; commissioned by Cardinal Angelo Maria Durini
Plaza de España
Seville, Andalusia, Spain
Aníbal González
Royal Palace of Caserta
Caserta, Campania, Italy
Luigi Vanvitelli; continued by Carlo Vanvitelli
Hotel Sidi Driss
Matmata, Tunisia
Vernacular Amazigh architecture
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Star Trek
2009 · J. J. Abrams
A Californian campus supplies a real location for Starfleet’s academy.
CSUN University Library
Northridge, Los Angeles, United States
Leo A. Daly
Sleeper
1973 · Woody Allen
An experimental Colorado house already looked like a future dwelling.
Sculptured House
Genesee, Colorado, United States
Charles Deaton
Inception
2010 · Christopher Nolan
A London university gallery stands in for an academic meeting place.
UCL Wilkins Building & Flaxman Gallery
London, United Kingdom
William Wilkins (main building)
A Clockwork Orange
1971 · Stanley Kubrick
A new university’s concrete architecture becomes an uneasy institutional future.
Brunel University Lecture Centre
Uxbridge, London, United Kingdom
Richard Sheppard, Robson and Partners; project architect John Heywood
THX 1138
1971 · George Lucas
Wright’s civic architecture appears again, this time in Lucas’s early dystopia.
Marin County Civic Center
San Rafael, California, United States
Frank Lloyd Wright
Blade Runner 2049
2017 · Denis Villeneuve
Budapest’s former television headquarters helps create a deserted Las Vegas.
Stock Exchange Palace
Budapest, Hungary
Ignác Alpár
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Real architecture, with the credits open.
A growing, researched collection of science-fiction filming locations, organised by movie. Each location links to evidence from building owners, film commissions, heritage organisations or production interviews. This first edition is a curated selection, not a complete inventory of every film location.
Architectural photographs show the real buildings. Movie frames and production stills appear in separate, clearly labelled sections where verified images are available. Some scenes combine a location with sets and visual effects; the location notes explain that distinction. Construction dates refer to the building, while dates beside film titles are release years.
Open a location for its sources and individual photograph credits. Architectural photographs retain their linked reuse licences. Movie frames and production stills carry separate film and photographer credits. Many places remain homes, workplaces or memorials: a filming credit does not imply public access.
Research edition · 30 October 2026