The eerie office thriller about workers whose memories are split between work and home found the perfect Lumon Industries headquarters in a real modernist landmark: the former Bell Labs building in New Jersey, a vast glass-and-steel monument to mid-century corporate design.
Where was Severance filmed?
Severance was filmed in New Jersey (the Bell Works building as Lumon) and New York.
Every Severance location, explained
Lumon Industries – Bell Works
The Lumon headquarters is Bell Works in Holmdel, New Jersey – a former Bell Labs building designed by Eero Saarinen.
New York – the city scenes
The film used New York, including City Hall.
Upstate New York
Rural and retreat scenes used upstate New York, around Ulster County.
The modernist interiors
The unsettling office interiors used the striking spaces of Bell Works and studio sets.
Planning a visit
Bell Works in Holmdel, New Jersey – the real Lumon building – is a former Bell Labs campus now open as a mixed-use ‘metroburb,’ its vast atrium instantly recognisable from the show.
