Vertical Studio by Archetype Design Collective

Vertical Studio transforms an underperforming 12′ x 12′ residential music room in Los Angeles, California, into a compact, acoustically engineered live-work environment for performance, recording, and retreat. Designed within a structural concrete shell, the project doubles the interior height to 16 feet, allowing for a glass mezzanine, dual drum kits, and a rooftop deck that extends the studio vertically into light, air, and landscape.

Reclaimed old-growth Douglas fir was repurposed into custom acoustic walls and diffusers, while original recording equipment was reintegrated into a hybrid analog-digital workflow. Small in footprint, yet ambitious in intent, the project demonstrates how technical precision, adaptive reuse, and spatial imagination can converge in a deeply personal and highly functional creative space.