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nonzero\architecture Completes ELBO Studios for Film Composer Theodore Shapiro

ELBO Studios in Glendale, Calif.

Photo: Juergen Nogai Photography.

nonzero\architecture recently completed a new 12,000-square-foot film music composition facility for renowned film composer Theodore Shapiro (Trumbo, Zoolander 2, St. Vincent, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, Tropic Thunder) in a former industrial warehouse in Glendale, Calif.

The room program includes a main tracking and scoring studio with several isolation booths and a connected adjacent control and mix room for film music mixer Chris Fogel and his Hyperion Sound. Shapiro’s composition room, with its own recording booth, is complemented by a second suite for fellow film composer and sometimes collaborator Ludwig Goransson (Creed, Fruitvale Station). Several smaller production rooms complete the build-out. The facility’s location near the local Metro Line station demanded excellent soundproofing and vibration controls, besides the rigorous acoustic demands of the spaces for recording film scores.

ELBO Studios in Glendale, Calif.

Photo: Juergen Nogai Photography.

The remaining smaller half of the building houses an archive of film scores, while another section is set aside for a future expansion, planned for later this year.

The newly established open-air entrance courtyard, the lobby and lounge and its kitchen area were designed in collaboration with Barbara Bestor of Bestor Architecture and feature an airy and light, yet private environment.

ELBO Studios in Glendale, Calif.

Photo: Juergen Nogai Photography.

The main tracking room and its piano booth are treated with maple panels with custom perforations and a formed gypsum wall with a diffusive bubble pattern. The entirely floating concrete floor slabs are polished and the remaining wall and ceiling areas are treated with absorptive fabric surfaces. A large curtain can be pulled across the back wall to adjust the acoustic properties and area rugs are used to customize the floor’s reflectivity.

The facility is equipped with state-of-the art gear and several machine rooms allow for a separation of the technical aspects from the creative endeavor of film scoring.

Greeniron Constructs, nonzero\architecture’s in-house construction affiliate, was responsible for the construction.

For more information, visit nonzeroarch.com/home and nonzeroarch.com/profile/greeniron-constructs-inc

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