Foster & Partners has revealed proposals to restore and expand Television City studios in Los Angeles, which is home to CBS.

The broadcaster sold the 10ha complex – which features original 1952 buildings by William Pereira – to Hackman Capital Partners in 2019. The business owns a host of other studios in the United States, and also The Wharf Studios in Barking, east London, and Pyramids Studios in Bathgate, Scotland.

Hackman has appointed Fosters to restore the Pereira buildings and design a low-rise “multi-modal campus” with new sound stages, production offices, creative office space, and retail space along its perimeter.

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