Bleak House 'Rain Room' Installation

Made by Guillermo del Toro (commissioned environment)c. 2010Los Angeles, California

A room built to simulate perpetual rain against the windows — the director's favorite writing weather, manufactured. Documented in coverage of Bleak House, the Rain Room is a building-scale curiosity: an environment collected like an object.

Provenance

2016

Bleak House rooms documented in 'At Home with Monsters' exhibition coverage

documented

2026

Digitally preserved in Relic

confirmed

Current Custodian

Guillermo del Toro

Los Angeles, California

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Access Matrix

Digital viewingpublic
Additional photographsby request
Remote video inspectionavailable
Research visitowner approval
Temporary research loancase by_case
Museum exhibition loanavailable
Scientific samplingnot permitted
Commercial licensingcontact owner

Record Metadata

CategoryFilm & Props

MaterialsArchitectural installation; water, glass, lighting, sound

DimensionsRoom-scale

ConditionOperational

Digital Record

24 high-res images (8,192 × 6,144)

3D Mesh / Photogrammetry

Precise digital measurements

Doc. Score: 86/100Scanned 8/30/2026

Cite this object

Relic Archive. (c. 2010). Bleak House 'Rain Room' Installation [Object record]. Relic Object RL-2010-007050.