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NBCUniversal Campus Project
NBCUniversal Campus Project
Los Angeles, CA, United States
Finalist, 2025 A+Awards, Concepts - Architecture +Workspace
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NBCUniversal Campus Project
Los Angeles, CA, United States
Finalist, 2025 A+Awards, Concepts - Architecture +Workspace
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Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2024
SIZE
300,000 sqft - 500,000 sqft
BUDGET
Undisclosed
NBCUniversal’s campus design is more than two buildings; it transforms a dispersed, historic working studio lot into a connected campus with a new central heart. A new cultural axis with gardens, outdoor rooms, and architecture blurs the boundaries between inside and out, landscape and architecture. Designed and planned by LEVER Architecture and Field Operations, the vibrant new campus is a catalyst to bring people together and strengthen NBCU’s creative community for the long term.
Central to the project are a new creative office building, “One Universal,” and employee center, “The Commons.” A planted paseo runs the full length of the lot, connecting legacy site features to new amenities like garden workspaces, shaded courtyards, outdoor dining and flexible gathering areas. Fully blending indoors and outdoors, this campus redesign fosters creative, collaborative work by encouraging employees to mingle in inspiring common spaces.
Influenced by more than a century of filmmaking on the Universal Lot, The Commons recalls the round, spinning zoetrope of early animation that captured live action on film reels. Suffused with natural light, the 84,000-sf building is a place to gather, enjoy a meal, meet colleagues and guests, and host special events. The Commons opens to the heart of campus, a green lawn shaded by mature trees, which holds events ranging from movie screenings and farmers' markets to all-hands town hall meetings and galas. Since opening, weekly social events at the lawn have completely transformed the social life of the NBCU campus. According to NBCU, event bookings have doubled since the new campus opened.
Tucked into a dramatic slope, the 350,000-sf One Universal anchors one end of the paseo. The 11-story tiered building features sweeping views of the San Gabriel Mountains, a wrap-around outdoor deck for meetings and gatherings, screening rooms and other shared amenities. The design incorporates Southern California's architecture and landscape to create a context-specific cultural ambiance.
Central to the project are a new creative office building, “One Universal,” and employee center, “The Commons.” A planted paseo runs the full length of the lot, connecting legacy site features to new amenities like garden workspaces, shaded courtyards, outdoor dining and flexible gathering areas. Fully blending indoors and outdoors, this campus redesign fosters creative, collaborative work by encouraging employees to mingle in inspiring common spaces.
Influenced by more than a century of filmmaking on the Universal Lot, The Commons recalls the round, spinning zoetrope of early animation that captured live action on film reels. Suffused with natural light, the 84,000-sf building is a place to gather, enjoy a meal, meet colleagues and guests, and host special events. The Commons opens to the heart of campus, a green lawn shaded by mature trees, which holds events ranging from movie screenings and farmers' markets to all-hands town hall meetings and galas. Since opening, weekly social events at the lawn have completely transformed the social life of the NBCU campus. According to NBCU, event bookings have doubled since the new campus opened.
Tucked into a dramatic slope, the 350,000-sf One Universal anchors one end of the paseo. The 11-story tiered building features sweeping views of the San Gabriel Mountains, a wrap-around outdoor deck for meetings and gatherings, screening rooms and other shared amenities. The design incorporates Southern California's architecture and landscape to create a context-specific cultural ambiance.
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