RIOS has just been announced as the architects of a new $600 million television studio project in Hollywood, California.

The studio will look to expand on its other ongoing television production projects in the delivery of its latest venture, which is set to transform the former corporate headquarters of the early TV pioneers Technicolor on 6311 W. Romaine Street into a comprehensive studio campus for developers BARDAS and Bain Capital Real Estate.

The 620,000-square-foot Echelon at Television Center involves the restoration of two existing Art Deco structures and the addition of two new six-story office towers on the corner of Santa Monica Boulevard on a two-block site that also includes multiple sound stages, a “basecamp,” and a new public restaurant.

The rise of streaming services has meant an increase in demand for technologically-advanced studio and production spaces around the Los Angeles area. RIOS has already begun the planning process for another similarly-titled project for BARDAS and construction on the larger, $1.25 billion modernization and expansion of William Pereira’s CBS Television City complex that is set to complete in two phases in 2026 and 2043 respectively.

“Echelon at Television Center is a site of central importance to the history and legacy of the Hollywood entertainment business,” Bob Hale, RIOS' Creative Director, shared with Archinect in an email. “Our design preserves and builds on the distinctive heritage of the original Technicolor campus and allows us to reuse existing buildings for office and support buildings adaptively. Vibrant-colored streetscapes and landscapes will be utilized as flexible boundaries and invite neighbors to engage with new outdoor public spaces. As with our work on Echelon Studios, we are creating a complete studio and content campus in each location. All programmatic, functional, and amenities are composed to create an urban campus inclusive of soundstages, production support, robust outdoor space for working and shooting, and event and office space.”

The firm expects to begin construction on the new project within 18 months and says it will take about two years to be completed.