Vandamm House

Last updated December 29, 2025

The Vandamm House is a setting in the Hitchcock movie North by Northwest . Its modern architecture was inspired by the real house Fallingwater designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. In the movie, the Vandamm House is located near Mount Rushmore, but only existed as a set constructed in an MGM studio in Culver City by Robert F. Boyle, with distant exterior shots made using a matte painting.^[1]^[2]

References

↑ Christine Madrid French (7 September 2022), "How One Modernist Building in Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest Changed Cinema Forever", Vanity Fair
↑ Helen Barrett (2022), "Fantasy home: North by Northwest and its architectural star, the mid-century modernist villain's lair", Financial Times

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[VF-1] Christine Madrid French (7 September 2022), "How One Modernist Building in Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest Changed Cinema Forever", Vanity Fair

[FT-2] Helen Barrett (2022), "Fantasy home: North by Northwest and its architectural star, the mid-century modernist villain's lair", Financial Times

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