ARCHITECTURAL RECORD SPOTLIGHTS WILDFLOWER FILM STUDIOS

Architectural Record, the U.S.-based architecture and interior design magazine, features Wildflower Film Studios in its October issue focused on cultural projects. Writer Clifford A. Pearson describes the NYC studio as possessing both “heft and dexterity,” highlighting the challenges of designing a film studio within New York’s dense urban fabric. As the world’s first vertical media production village, Wildflower Studios stands as a 145-ft-tall structure clad with precast concrete panels, which are set at angles that create an animated effect on the façade as the position of the sun changes throughout the day. The “village” features an elevated L-shaped interior street; 11 stacked soundstages; oversized “elephant elevators” to accommodate large-scale equipment and sets; and a 150,000-sq-ft solar panel footprint.