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The 2025 Design Awards Event

We're celebrating 22 award winning projects, as well as the Trustee's Awards for Excellence and the President's Awards at the California Museum in Sacramento, near the State Capitol. This special celebration is followed by a ticketed reception with food and drinks in the outdoor courtyard of the museum.

Netflix Egyptian Theatre

Project Lead:  David Cocke, Principal, Structural Focus, Gardena
Client:  Keith Donovan, Netflix, Los Angeles
Lead Architect, Engineer, or Designer:  Ross Brennan, Studio 440, Hollywood

Project Affiliates:

  • Facilities Management: Sara Alessandrini, American Cinemateque, Los Angeles
  • Project Lead (for Owner): Tony Hambarchian, Netflix, Los Angeles
  • Architect (General): Ross Brennan, Studio 440, Hollywood
  • Architect (North Building): Denise Zacky-Popoch, Gensler, Los Angeles
  • Preservation Architect: Peyton Hall, Historic Resources Group, Pasadena
  • Construction Manager: Lisa Marquis, Lincoln Property Company, El Segundo
  • Construction Manager: Elise Lam, Lincoln Property Company, El Segundo
  • Historic Preservation Consultant: Laura Janssen, Historic Resources Group, Pasadena
  • Architectural Conservator: Linnaea Dix Dawson, Silverlake Conservation, Los Angeles
  • Structural Engineer: David Cocke, Structural Focus, Gardena
  • Mechanical Engineer: Charbel Farah, Syska, Los Angeles
  • Electrical Engineer: Charbel Farah, Syska, Los Angeles
  • Noise & Vibration Major Building Systems Consultant: Jim Good, Veneklasen Associates, Santa Monica
  • Lighting Design: Seth Robinson, Sightline Design Group, n/a
  • Geotechnical Engineer: Stan Tang, Geotechnologies, Inc., Glendale

Netflix Egyptian Theatre

Netflix Egyptian Theatre is a winner for the 2025 Preservation Design Award for Rehabilitation. Award recipients are selected by a jury of top professionals in the fields of architecture, engineering, planning, and history, as well as renowned architecture critics and journalists. Tickets and sponsorship options are available at californiapreservation.org/programs/awards/.

About Netflix Egyptian Theatre

The Netflix Egyptian Theatre is one of the most significant landmarks of Hollywood and cinema history as well as an exemplary Egyptian Revival building. Earthquake damage and deferred maintenance threatened the structure in 1994, but an extensive, award-winning rehabilitation by the American Cinematheque completed in 1998 saved the building and assured its continued use and accessibility to the public for the exhibition of motion pictures. The stabilization measures of this project did not fully address the seismic issues nor did it prioritize the building’s historic fabric though. It was therefore planned with reversibility in mind when more funding became available.

Twenty-five years later, Netflix partnered with American Cinematheque to provide that funding, making way for a full rehabilitation, seismic retrofit, and restoration of previously removed character-defining features.

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Community Importance

This project is an exemplary collaboration between a for-profit business and a long-established Los Angeles-based nonprofit to uphold community interests and local history. American Cinematheque brings a diverse range of films and hosts discussions with filmmakers to its theater locations in Los Angeles County. The accessibility of the arts is key, especially in the place that invented the red-carpet premiere. This project serves as an inspiring model for public-private projects that help to save the historic use of landmarks as well as the iconic structures themselves.

When Netflix brought its consulting team on board in 2019, the priority of “history” was explicit in order to continue this legacy; the architecture and the role in Hollywood and cinema history must be maintained. Netflix recognized the importance of heritage to the community and its role and reputation in the world of motion picture art and entertainment. While The 1990s renovation demonstrated a commitment to cultural heritage with a project that was previously awarded by the Los Angeles Conservancy, the California Preservation Foundation, and the National Trust for Historic Preservation, this 21st century rehabilitation was an exceptional execution returning lost historic fabric. When walking into the main theater after the 1998 renovation, it was functional yet unrecognizable. Walking into the main theater today transports the audience back to its period of significance while also providing a thoroughly modern cinema experience.

About CPF and the Awards

The California Preservation Awards are a statewide hallmark, showcasing the best in historic preservation. The awards ceremony includes the presentation of the Preservation Design Awards and the President’s Awards, bringing together hundreds of people each year to share and celebrate excellence in preservation.

The California Preservation Foundation (CPF), a 501c3 nonprofit, was incorporated in 1978. We now support a national network of more than 36,000 members and supporters. Click here to learn how you can become a member.