Architecture in film: modernism, futurism and beyond Architecture in film: modernism, futurism and beyond From modernist houses to futuristic landscapes, the built environment and the ambience it creates play a key role in visual storytelling. Film and architecture have been intertwined since the birth of the moving image; here, we explore and celebrate architecture in film through the decades Sheats-Goldstein residence, 1961-63, Los Angeles. Photography: Jeff Green The relationship between architecture and film is well publicised. It is an association made as both media are cultural expressions concerned with space, time and people – addressing the human condition through spatial narrative. The architect, like the director, is in the business of making realities from fiction. Below are a few examples of architecture in film, and such realities, drawing on modernism, futurism and beyond.