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Entertainment: film, TV & broadcast facilities, theaters, sports venues
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Shows filmed in Bastien projects CSI: Miami, Boston Legal, The O.C., Ally McBeal, The Practice, Caroline in the City, Cosby, Buddy Faro, Desperate Measures, 7 Days, Melrose Place, Power Rangers, Passions, more every day... Industry Links Film commissions & related sites Assoc. of Film Commissioners Int'l (AFCI) California Film Commission Ent. Industry Development Corp./Los Angeles Media Alliance of Orange County Orange County Film Commission Press links Daily Variety The Hollywood Reporter The Wall Street Journal Los Angeles Times Orange County Business Journal Los Angeles Business Journal USA Today Studios Paramount Pictures Warner Bros. Entertainment Universal Studios Raleigh Studios

Film Schools (more)
Film education is a growing need to support the varied and growing film production centers around the world. Educating above- and below-the -line people is a key responsibility of any region which hopes to experience growth in film production. Bastien's film school experience includes helping the Chapman University School of Film and Television, plus other projects with educational components like Ciudad de la Luz in Spain.

Studios and sound stages
Film, TV and broadcast studios and other entertainment projects make up an important part of our work. Having an intimate understanding of the entertainment business and its day-to-day operations allows us to provide valuable input to executives of network and independent studios and real estate investors. Our daily contact with Hollywood studios gives our staff a working knowledge of the needs of the industry that helps us creatively define and solve problems for each client.

All Bastien-designed stages are booked solid with TV shows and features because of our proven experience to formulate desirable studio masterplans and create functional relationships between sound stages and production support facilities. During the design process, we provide all necessary planning and construction documents to obtain approvals from cities, coordinating our efforts with all team members.

Digital broadcasting
Whether or not the increased bandwidth will be used for more channels, more content, or both, digital broadcasting is no longer a far-off eventuality, but a reality. The equipment involved and the organization of that equipment creates different space requirements, and thus differently configured architecture. We are proactively working with those in the broadcasting field to upgrade facilities or design fresh projects on new sites. More than one broadcaster is taking the opportunity of this technology shift to build and relocate to new facilities that best meet the demands of their market for the next century. We are currently involved with companies around the world in this capacity.

Sports facilities and live entertainment venues (more)
Planning for collegiate and professional sports facilities and other live entertainment venues is highly specialized and requires the ability to work within complex groups and political circumstances. Bastien can work with any team member at any stage of the design or planning process to help obtain investor and public approval, secure entitlements, produce working drawings, etc.

Key entertainment projects and clients ...more

About sound stages

Ciudad de la Luz Studios, Alicante, Spain
Film and television production complex with six soundstages, production support, mill/shops, backlot, commissary, executive office building, film school, and planned water tank facility on the Mediterranean Sea.

Los Angeles Center Studios, California
First studio ever in downtown Los Angeles. Phase I & II sound stages and production support facilities

Manhattan Beach Studios, California
First Southern California studio built from the ground up in 60 years. Phase I & II sound stages and production support buildings, parking structure, commissary, and administration office building.
Client: Roy Disney
News article

Dubai Studio City, United Arab Emirates
Full-Service film and television studio facility that includes 14 soundstages, production support, mill/shops, commissary, and executive office. Phase 1 is currently under construction

Viacom Broadcast Center, Studio City, California
KCAL/KCBS television station "duopoly" building, including newsrooms, broadcast stages, control rooms, executive offices, commissary, and underground news van parking

CBS Studio Center - Soundstages, Studio City, California
Three soundstages with basement level parking, four-story production support offices, truck access, and dressing rooms.

CBS Studio Center - Multiple Projects, Studio City, California
Masterplan including commissary, dressing rooms and production support offices, parking structure. Winner of 1999 design award

Paramount Pictures, Hollywood, California
Gene Roddenberry Building, production support offices, Stage 18, Stage 27 Gallery, Hal Wallis, DeMille & Zukor Renovations, Melrose Parking Structure

Warner Bros. Parking Structure, Burbank, California
3-Level structure adjacent to Warner Bros. Studios.

DreamWorks SKG, Playa Vista Studio Campus
Masterplan including soundstages and production support facilities, commissary, dressing rooms and production support offices.

Korda Studios, Budapest, Hungary
Masterplan design

Chapman University, School of Film and Television
Orange, California
Hollywood-style working conditions in an educational environment.

Tilt-up technology
Although it's not the answer in every circumstance, tilt-up concrete has often been the most appropriate choice of materials for our sound stages.

Bastien and Associates, Inc. pioneered the use of tilt-up technology for this application. Using the firm's experience in industrial warehouse and distribution centers, Bastien applied its expertise to sound stages, saving millions of dollars in construction costs per project over traditional sound stage construction techniques.

The economy comes from the combination of wall, structure, and acoustic insulation into one tilt-up panel assembly. There are many specialized details Bastien has developed for the many related assemblies, yet the construction costs have been consistently 25-60% lower than traditional double-wall construction.

Manhattan Beach Studios
Sound stage and production support building using tilt-up concrete.

Manhattan Beach Studios
Crane lifting tilt-up panel into place.

CBS Studio Center
Crane lifting bowstring truss into place.