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architecture, LLP
Sony Pictures
Cary Grant Theater
Culver City, CA
6,900 square feet
367 seats

The largest of Sony Pictures' 10 rerecording stages, the
367-seat Cary Grant Theatre strives to meld the future
with the best of the past. Designed by Scott Profeta
while at HLW, the theater now features a 288 full-channel
mixing console, along with an all-digital machine room.
Working within the parameters of the existing building to
minimizing demolition and structural framing, the interior
of the theatre was designed as a streamlined modern
space, continuing the imagery of the existing Art Deco
entry and complimenting the surrounding Art Deco
spaces on the lot. The layering planes and lines of the
space create a dramatic sense of movement toward the
screen while leaving the overall space feeling open, clean
and simple