Collection by Diana Budds

Modern Architecture Meets Screen Stars

While Cary Grant may never have set foot into Oscar Niemeyer's Casa das Canoas, he looks quite at home ironing a shirt in artist Federico Babina's "Archilife" illustrated series of structures from the modernist canon as if they were inhabited by classic film stars. Check out a few images from it in our slideshow.

None other than Michael Caine in a Louis Kahn structure.
None other than Michael Caine in a Louis Kahn structure.
Woody Allen in a Rudolph Schindler house.
Woody Allen in a Rudolph Schindler house.
Steve McQueen in John Lautner's Sheats-Goldstein Residence from 1963. (We think Jeff Bridges would've been more appropriate here.) Photo: Archlife
Steve McQueen in John Lautner's Sheats-Goldstein Residence from 1963. (We think Jeff Bridges would've been more appropriate here.) Photo: Archlife
Audrey Hepburn in the Eames House.
Audrey Hepburn in the Eames House.
Jimmy Stewart in the Barragan House. See Babina's full Archilife series here and check out his previous work here.
Jimmy Stewart in the Barragan House. See Babina's full Archilife series here and check out his previous work here.