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MCA/Universal
Studios LA Top Deck Expansion
Movie Set Buildings, Universal City, CA
With no available flat land, we participated in the design
of a terraced 8-story parking structure with 2,700 new parking
spaces. This created over 200,000 SF
of new tour expansion facilties which we master planned and designed. We created
50,000 SF of character buildings—the Moulin Rouge District, American Grafitti
Plaza, Irma La Duce Courtyard—representing sets from famous movies. They
were constructed as working buildings to house cafes, restaurants, retail stores
and offices and were used for filming at night. We also designed a special event
amphitheater seating 2,500 people in an “expo” atmosphere. This project
won an AIA Design Award in 1990.
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