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the friends fountain
from friends posted in television by chewing_the_scenery
You'll find the fountain from the opening credits of Friends on this Warner Brothers studio lot, not in Central Park as is sometimes believed.
view full location details...nakatomi plaza
from die hard posted in movies by chewing_the_scenery
Before Bruce Willis began sleepwalking through the role of John McClane he first defended Nakatomi Plaza against Hans Gruber on Christmas Eve in 1988.
The real-life Fox Plaza is home to Twentieth Century Fox's official headquarters.
view full location details...the garcia house
from lethal weapon 2 posted in movies by chewing_the_scenery
The Garcia house is a residence on Mulholland Drive built by architect John Lautner in 1962. It's sometimes called the Rainbow House due to its arched roof and the colorful stained glass windows.
In Lethal Weapon 2, it's the base of South African drug dealers, and Riggs destroys the building by pulling it down the hill with his pickup truck.
view full location details...chemosphere
from body double (1984) posted in movies by chewing_the_scenery
Architect John Lautner's Chemosphere (named for the Chem Seal Corporation's coatings used when it was built) is a unique Modernist building in Los Angeles. The one story octagon sits on a thirty-foot-high concrete pole in the Hollywood Hills.
It's home to the murderous Sam in Brian de Palma's 1984 movie Body Double. In real life it's been the home of Benedikt Taschen, of Taschen publishing, since 2000.
view full location details...stahl house
from why do fools fall in love, galaxy quest posted in movies by chewing_the_scenery
In 1945 Arts & Architecture magazine began a program where they commissioned architects to build model homes as examples of housing that could accommodate the millions of U.S. troops returning from the war.
Thirty-six of these case study houses were designed during the program's twenty-year run (see #8 here), and most are located around Los Angeles.
Case Study House #22, also known as the Stahl House, was designed by Pierre Koenig and built in 1959 in the Hollywood Hills. You can see it in a number of films including Why Do Fools Fall In Love, Galaxy Quest and The Thirteenth Floor.
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