{Art} Architecture in film: Archicine by Federico Babina

Artist and illustrator Federico Babina has come up with  a fun new series, ARCHICINE, representing iconic works of architecture that have played protagonists on film. The architectural space in the film is not just a background but becomes as an added protagonist. Movies have the ability to transport us to different worlds and lives and let us live and breathe real or fantastic architecture.

Rear Window. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Via Federico Babina.

Two of my favourite things | movies & architecture | are combined here in illustration. I’ve rounded up some of the illustrations below, so  check them out and let me know which is your favourite! I am torn between Le mepris & Mon oncle.
Where possible, I have tried to credit the architect and location of the building.

The Fountainhead. Directed by King Vidor. Via Federico Babina.

Mon Oncle. Directed Jacques Tati. Via Federico Babina.

The Incredibles. Directed by Brad Bird. Via Federico Babina. Computer animated home was inspired mash up of mid-century modern architecture by architects Eichler and Wexler.

Moonrise Kingdom. Directed by Wes Anderson. Via Federico Babina. Conanicut Island Lighthouse, in Rhode Island.

Dogville. Directed by Lars von Trier. Via Federico Babina

North by Northwest. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Via Federico Babina.

The Party. Directed by Blake Edwards. Via Federico Babina.

The Big Lebowski. Directed by Joel Coen. Via Federico Babina. Sheats-Goldstein House, by architect John Lautner.

The Million Dollar Hotel. Directed by Wim Wenders. Via Federico Babina. Rosslyn Hotel, Los Angeles, by John Parkinson.

Le mépris. Directed by Jean-Luc Godard. Via Federico Babina. Casa Malaparte, Capri, Italy by architect Adalberto Libera.

Star Wars. Directed by George Lucas. Via Federico Babina.

L.A. Confidential. Directed by Curtis Hanson. Via Federico Babina. Lovell Heath House, in Los Feliz by architect Richard Neutra.

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