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Architect's New Office Is 'Haunting'

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The hallway shown has been installed in Bastien's office in Tustin, Calif.

From the Orange County Business Journal

Issue Date: 5/22/00

PETER BRENNAN

When the film "The Haunting" was released last year, it bombed. The haunted castle, which was supposed to be in England's Berkshires, didn't look authentic, complained one reviewer, who wrote, "Fright often depends on verisimilitude and that gets sacrificed right off the bat."

But now the set from that movie is the office of Tustin architect Gary Bastien and, according to Bastien, it's a hit.

Studio building boom isn't over yet

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For Immediate Release

3/21/2000

El Segundo Multi-Media Center is unveiled by the developer of Manhattan Beach Studios

Southern Calif. - Gary L. Bastien, AIA, the Hollywood studio architect who designed over 90% of the new studios in the LA area, landed another major studio project called El Segundo Multi Media Center. Just announced last week by Ron Flesch, who was also involved in the development of the highly successful Raleigh Manhattan Beach Studios, the mixed-use project has been well-received by city officials and entertainment industry insiders.

NBC's "Passions" soap opera moves into new Bastien facility at CBS Studio Center

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For Immediate Release

6/20/1999

NBC's "Passions" soap opera moves into new facility at CBS Studio Center

Studio City, Calif. - The new "Passions" soap opera has signed a one year agreement to lease sound stages and support facilities from the studio. The show is currently in production for the 1999/2000 season, and has already moved into a new dressing room facility designed by Gary L. Bastien, AIA of Bastien and Associates, Inc. The show is scheduled to air July 5.

Construction complete at $6.9 million Promenade Business Park in Corona, California

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5/17/1999

Corona, Calif. - After an intense construction schedule, work is now complete for the 337,000 s.f., $6.9 million Promenade Business Park designed by Southern California Architect Gary L. Bastien, AIA of Bastien and Associates, Inc.

First on-campus working film and television studio coming soon to Chapman University

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For Immediate Release

4/28/1999

Orange, Calif. - Irvine architect Gary L. Bastien, AIA of Bastien and Associates, Inc. has begun design of the first on-campus working studio and broadcast facility in the world. Bastien, who sits on the advisory board of Chapman University's School of Film and Television in Orange, Calif., says that the project has been in early masterplanning stages until the recent decision by university officials to proceed with further plans.

Bastien website incorporates Alta Vista Translation technology from Compaq

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12/16/1999

Irvine, Calif. - Bastien and Associates, Inc. Architecture and Planning, the firm that is making its mark on Hollywood by designing nearly all of the new studios and sound stages in the Los Angeles area, is announcing plans to impact the global business of architecture on the Internet as well.

Bastien to add four new buildings to former Lockheed campus

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12/7/1998

Santa Clarita, Calif. - Architect Gary L. Bastien, AIA of Bastien and Associates, Inc. is designing four R&D/industrial buildings for South Campus-Phase I of the Santa Clarita property formerly owned by Lockheed. The project, totaling approximately 204,000 s.f., is part of a $44 million master plan being implemented by the new owners, Legacy Partners (formerly Lincoln Properties).

Bastien designs first downtown Los Angeles studio

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11/5/1998

Los Angeles, Calif. - Orange County architect Gary L. Bastien, AIA recently completed the design for Los Angeles Center Studios, billed as the first studio in downtown Los Angeles. Gary Bastien has become known for contributing his studio expertise to bringing new studios to strategic locations. The new studio, praised by Hollywood executives, city officials, and California Film Commission Director Patti Archuletta, is now under construction and scheduled for completion in July of 1999.

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