RIOS

RIOS International multidisciplinary design collective working to amplify the impact of innovative design. For more information visit www.rios.com

RIOS is an international design collective working beyond boundaries to inventively combine disciplines and amplify the impact of design. Combined, our talents comprise a wide range of professional skills including architecture, landscape, urban planning, interior design, video, graphics and signage, and experiential and product design. Our work is irreversibly connected to the narrative of place

and the complex order of human culture, creating solutions that are joyful, authentic, and unexpected. Our projects are diverse, including commercial, civic, hospitality, institutional, and residential.

What if an entire campus could become a learning experience for children?⁠⁠We design education environments where learni...
09/09/2026

What if an entire campus could become a learning experience for children?⁠
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We design education environments where learning extends beyond the classroom. Planning, architecture, landscape, graphics, and signage work together to integrate nature, play, and movement into everyday learning. Indoor-outdoor environments invite children to explore, look closer, and ask questions.⁠



Children’s Center at Caltech⁠
The Children’s Center at Caltech makes the campus itself a teaching tool. An arroyo captures and filters rainwater, interactive water features encourage experimentation, and visible environmental systems introduce children to how their surroundings work.⁠

⁠Waikiki Private School Student Center⁠
This Student Center is the campus heart for learning, wellness, dining, and gathering. Inspired by Hawaii’s lush landscape, outdoor spaces connect students to nature and bring the school community together.⁠

⁠Waikiki Private School Student Center⁠
This Student Center is the campus heart for learning, wellness, dining, and gathering. Inspired by Hawaii’s lush landscape, outdoor spaces connect students to nature and bring the school community together.⁠

Lulu’s Place⁠
Education, athletics, and wellness come together at Lulu’s Place, a 34-acre campus for LA youth. Flexible classrooms and multipurpose spaces support different activities and ways of gathering, with spaces that extend outdoors.⁠

Lulu’s Place⁠
Education, athletics, and wellness come together at Lulu’s Place, a 34-acre campus for LA youth. Flexible classrooms and multipurpose spaces support different activities and ways of gathering, with spaces that extend outdoors.⁠

Westside Neighborhood School⁠
A 22,000-square-foot former warehouse gives Westside Neighborhood School room to grow with creative classrooms, maker spaces, a full-size gymnasium, and a new Early Childhood Center. Classrooms open directly onto a courtyard, expanding the learning environment for the school’s youngest students.

Westside Neighborhood School⁠
A 22,000-square-foot former warehouse gives Westside Neighborhood School room to grow with creative classrooms, maker spaces, a full-size gymnasium, and a

09/03/2026

A first look - inside the Hollywood Bowl⁠
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RIOS Senior Associate Jin Tack and Project Designer Irvin Shaifa share the thinking behind the Terri and Jerry Kohl Artist Pavilion at the Hollywood Bowl, where a form inspired by sound radiating from the iconic shell creates a flexible gathering space.⁠
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During the LA Phil season, the Artist Pavilion Grill brings a full-service restaurant and wine bar to the space. During Live Nation’s concert season, the south side becomes a VIP lounge and the north hosts events. In the off-season, Los Angeles County programs the Pavilion as part of the Bowl’s year-round public park.⁠
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Continuing more than two decades of RIOS work across the Hollywood Bowl, RIOS designed the Pavilion’s architecture, landscape, lighting, and architectural finishes, with interiors and furnishings by Frederick Fisher and Partners. The project was made possible by lead donors Terri and Jerry Kohl, with major support from Andrew Hewitt and Bill Silva of Live Nation Hewitt Silva.

This summer, RIOS welcomed emerging designers across architecture, landscape architecture, interior design, experience d...
08/27/2026

This summer, RIOS welcomed emerging designers across architecture, landscape architecture, interior design, experience design, sustainability, and marketing to our Los Angeles, Austin, and London offices. ⁠

Our summer interns dove into life at RIOS, bringing fresh perspectives to project work and research, and getting involved in everything from site visits and photoshoots to vendor workshops, ping pong, and softball games.⁠

Interns across disciplines collaborated on a research project exploring a central question: How can the public library evolve as a civic space for learning, gathering, creating, and community? Their research led to two design schemes: A Living Studio and The Trail.⁠
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A Living Studio reimagines the library as a place for producing and exchanging knowledge, with flexible spaces for making, collaboration, exhibitions, and civic life.⁠

The Trail organizes the library as a continuous journey from active gathering spaces to quieter places for reading and reflection, connecting architecture and landscape from city to mountain.

08/20/2026

See what a day at RIOS looks like for Darin, our Summer Landscape Architecture Intern from Ohio State’s (AIAS Ohio State) BSLA program. He’s taking you behind the scenes of a photoshoot at the Hollywood Bowl’s new Terri and Jerry Kohl Artists Pavilion, the latest in more than two decades of RIOS work across the iconic venue.

08/14/2026

What makes a public space feel welcoming to all?⁠
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At our recent annual RIOS Social Impact Initiative (SII) Community Open House in LA, families explored that question through a hands-on design activity that invited them to reimagine an empty tabletop into a shared public park.⁠
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Participants selected a card describing an activity they wanted to do, then arranged elements to create a space where it could take place, considering how different people, activities and diverse needs can coexist.⁠
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Through play and collaboration, kids and adults got a hands-on look at the thinking behind inclusive public spaces and how design can create room for different ways of gathering, lingering and connection. Here’s a look at the activity in action.⁠
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Our annual Open House is one of the ways RIOS brings our team, community and local organizations together through design. We’re proud to provide welcoming spaces for community conversations, creative exchange and expression.

Learn more about upcoming community events across RIOS offices at the link in our bio.

At our recent Social Impact Initiative (SII) Community Open House, we welcomed neighbors, local organizations, artists a...
08/14/2026

At our recent Social Impact Initiative (SII) Community Open House, we welcomed neighbors, local organizations, artists and community leaders into our LA office for an afternoon exploring how we gather, connect, and experience public space.⁠

Imagining shared space - Guests of all ages reimagined an empty tabletop into a shared public park, exploring how people, activities and diverse needs can coexist through play and collaboration.⁠
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Connecting across LA - Attendees met local organizations including Gloria Molina Grand Park (Gloria Molina Grand Park), LA Commons (LA Commons), and Altadena Seed Library (Altadena Seed Library), learning more about their work and ways to get involved.⁠
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Planting Seeds Panel - Crista Campos of Gloria Molina Grand Park, Tafarai Bayne of CicLAvia (CicLAvia | LA Pop-Up Parks), and Jonathan Hayle of People’s Vision Zero (People's Vision Zero) joined a conversation moderated by RIOS Associate Principal John Pearson (lambtime) on safety and inclusivity in public spaces and the importance of spending time outdoors.⁠
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Making space for expression - Local artists shared their perspective on public space as a place for connection, creativity and resistance. Thank you to AJ Francois (AJ Francois), Andrew Joseph Camacho, Ariel Casa, Bodystorm (), Drew Dawson (DREW DAWSON), Jonathan Hale (𝕵𝖔𝖓𝖆𝖙𝖍𝖆𝖓 𝕳𝖆𝖑𝖊), Lee Dubin (Lee Dubin), Mercedes Kaufman (Who took your photos? Cedes Took It📸✨), Raul Garcia Jr., Salvador Gutierrez (Salvador Gutierrez 🪬), and Zay Monae (zay monae ⚡️ / the 85mil series 📸) for contributing their work. ⁠
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Also on view was RIOS’ pink civic bench designed for Gloria Molina Grand Park, bringing a piece of LA’s public realm into the exhibition.⁠
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Our annual Open House is one of the ways RIOS brings our team, community and local organizations together through design. We’re grateful to everyone who joined us and helped make our office a space for community conversation, creative exchange and expression.⁠

Explore SII and upcoming community events across RIOS offices at the link in our bio.

Some of the best spaces come with a splash. From interactive fountains to playful water landscapes, these spaces transfo...
08/03/2026

Some of the best spaces come with a splash. From interactive fountains to playful water landscapes, these spaces transform hot days into experiences that are social, restorative, and joyful.⁠
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Swipe to see some of our favorite spots to cool off this summer.⁠

Inspired by the waterfalls and rock formations of nearby Tahquitz Canyon, the interactive water feature at Palm Springs Downtown Park transforms the heart of the city into a desert oasis.⁠

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Lynn Wyatt Square transforms the former Jones Plaza from an urban heat island into a climate-resilient civic oasis in downtown Houston’s Theater District. Interactive water features and flexible event infrastructure create an accessible public space for arts, culture, and community programming.⁠

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Lynn Wyatt Square transforms the former Jones Plaza from an urban heat island into a climate-resilient civic oasis in downtown Houston’s Theater District. Interactive water features and flexible event infrastructure create an accessible public space for arts, culture, and community programming.⁠

⁠Play meets learning at the Waterplay inside Jacob Ballas Children’s Garden. Moving away from conventional playground equipment, the design extends the surrounding landscape through natural materials, sculpted terrain, and interactive water experiences that invite children to explore Singapore’s ecology.⁠
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⁠Play meets learning at the Waterplay inside Jacob Ballas Children’s Garden. Moving away from conventional playground equipment, the design extends the surrounding landscape through natural materials, sculpted terrain, and interactive water experiences that invite children to explore Singapore’s ecology.⁠
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At the heart of Gloria Molina Grand Park, the restored Arthur J. Will Memorial Fountain breathes new life into one of downtown Los Angeles’ most iconic public spaces. It creates a welcoming destination for everyday gathering, cultural events, and citywide celebrations.

At the heart of Gloria Molina Grand Park, the restored Arthur J. Will Memorial Fountain breathes new life into one of downtown Los Angeles’ most iconic public spaces. It creates a welcoming destination for everyday gathering, cultural events, and citywide

07/17/2026

See what a day at RIOS looks like for Hannah, our Summer Architecture and Interiors Intern from Northeastern’s B.Arch program The School of Architecture at Northeastern University. She‘s taking you behind the scenes of sourcing materials, vendor collaborations, and project work before ending the day with events that make studio life at RIOS all the more fun.

07/01/2026

Meet Isaiah, our Architecture Intern from USC School of Architecture USC School of Architecture. From project work and site visits to ping pong, softball, and run club, he’s making the most of his summer at RIOS. Follow along as he takes you through a day in his life.

Good things grow when you share them. 🌿Our offices celebrated Earth Day with a propagation happy hour — swapping cutting...
04/24/2026

Good things grow when you share them. 🌿

Our offices celebrated Earth Day with a propagation happy hour — swapping cuttings, rooting plants, and sending everyone home with something new to grow.

Propagation is the practice of growing new plants from a cutting of an existing one, no seeds required. Understanding how plants grow and reproduce grounds us in the ecosystems we design for. It reminds us what landscape architecture is about: connecting people to nature, to each other, and to the plants that bring us together.

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