2024-12-22T04:39:43-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150329209/meet-the-audacious-joyful-rios-collective-your-next-employer Niall Patrick Walsh 2022-11-04T13:06:00-04:00 >2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/30/302b0a8bc65c7da269c587d4bae5508f.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Following last week&rsquo;s visit to <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150328314/meet-all-round-boutique-studio-houser-walker-your-next-employer" target="_blank">Atlanta-based Houser Walker</a>, we are moving our <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/2010356/meet-your-next-employer" target="_blank"><em>Meet Your Next Employer</em> series</a> to Los Angeles this week to meet the international design collective <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/1898/rios-clementi-hale-studios" target="_blank">RIOS</a>.</p> <p>Founded by Mark Rios in 1985, the collective has evolved from its architectural and landscape architecture routes to occupy offices across LA, Austin, Boulder, and Portland, as well as international offices in London and Singapore. Among the studio&rsquo;s ongoing work is a $600 million Hollywood media studio project which <a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150326473/rios-continues-to-cultivate-the-film-studio-market-with-a-new-600-million-hollywood-expansion-project" target="_blank">we reported on last month</a>.</p> <p>Over on <a href="https://archinect.com/jobs" target="_blank">Archinect Jobs</a>, the collective is currently hiring for <a href="https://archinect.com/rios.imagines/jobs" target="_blank">several positions</a> in their Los Angeles office. For candidates interested in applying for a position, or anybody interested in learning more about life at an architecture studio, we spoke with the RIOS team for a behind-the-scenes look at the firm.</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/77/770bbf70b0bc27413499f4b5f7448db0.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/77/770bbf70b0bc27413499f4b5f7448db0.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;enlarge=true&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Harlow at Sunset Las Palmas Studios by RIOS. Image credit: Hunter Kerhart</figcaption></figure><p><strong>How did RIOS get started?</strong></p> <p>RIOS was founded in Los Angeles in 1985 by Mark Rios. For...</p>