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@@@ In April of 2013, architect Charles Rose picked up the phone, surprised to hear a Warner Brothers location scout on the other end. The studio was impressed by the work of Rose s Somerville-based firm, Charles Rose Architects, and wondered if one of their houses would be available for a new movie.
What about the Copper House, they asked.
Well, that s my own house, answered Rose, who lives there with his wife and youngest child.
Oh, and Robert Downey Jr. is starring in this movie, they replied.
Sure, he was game to give it a shot.
The scouts soon visited the Belmont, Mass. house the 69th house they had toured followed by photographers, crewmembers, the cinematographer, and ultimately, director David Dobkin.
A few months later in July, camera, food, air conditioning trucks and hundreds of crewmembers flooded Rose s estate for seven days.
This Friday, audiences worldwide will see the Copper House as the fictitious Chicago home of Downey, Jr., a successful lawyer who must face his estranged father, a town judge, when his mother passes away. His return home leads to the discovery that his father, portrayed by Robert Duvall, is suspected of murder. The Judge, which also stars Vera Farmiga and Billy Bob Thornton, premieres in the U.S. on Oct. 10.
My wife and child were too excited about this movie to live in a hotel <during>the shoot]. They lived up in the attic during the whole thing, Rose said. His 11 year-old son took Downey Jr. on a tour of a house, and the neighbors got their autographs.
The Princeton and Harvard educated architect did voice input on how his house would be shot. I don t know if anyone listened to me though, he said. Probably not.
The Copper House began as a Sears Roebuck kit home from the 1940s. Rose wanted to tear down the house, but his wife and daughter had grown quite attached to it. As a compromise, he kept the kit house intact but wrapped it in a cedar box.
I couldn t stand the old house, so I wrapped it in a wooden box so I wouldn t have to look at it, Rose said.
He then doubled its size by adding a section of expansive copper and glass. The $800,000 project was completed in 2004.
Altogether there are now five bedrooms, four and a half bathrooms, a kitchen, dining room, living room, playroom, music room, two offices, and three decks.
The home s glass fa ade is meant to blend the interior with the exterior a design philosophy Rose and his firm have become known for. The glass windows and other skylights in the house allow a lot of natural light to enter. Skylights are positioned right above a glass staircase that connects the upper and lower floors, so light refracts beautiful through the glass, Rose said.
Rose s favorite part of the house happens to be that glass staircase, which is shown in The Judge.
It s interesting when people move down the glass stairs. By following them visually, you re exploring the space of the house, Rose said.
Charles Rose Architects was the brainchild behind several local establishments, including the John Hancock Tower, the Arnold Arboretum, and various estates on Cape Cod and Martha s Vineyard.
Rose doesn t know if he ll have time during the film s premiere weekend to watch it, though he knows his family and neighbors are all anticipating the release.
I haven t seen it yet, but I hear it has some terrific architecture.Click through the slideshow to see more pictures of the house.
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