Photo by Jun Tang/Layton Construction

East End Studios

Los Angeles

Award of Merit

Submitted by: Layton Construction

Owner: East End Capital

Lead Design Firm: Bell Design Group

General Contractor: Layton Construction

To convert a former industrial cold storage and refrigeration facility into multiple soundstages and support space for film production, crews redesigned the existing thick insulated walls that kept cold in to instead keep sound out on this $91-million project. Specialized wall assemblies and vibration mitigation added acoustic isolation, while mechanical and electrical systems were completely replaced.

The 256,000-sq-ft campus includes five sound stages spanning more than 108,000 sq ft at 42-ft clear heights, 105,000 sq ft of production offices, dressing rooms and support space as well as a 38,000-sq-ft mill shop for building sets on site.

Since sound stages need ceiling space for rigging and lighting grids, the team increased the warehouse height to 73.6 ft from 39 ft.…