Addition Started on Hughes Labs Malibu Facility

A late-1987 completion is scheduled for a $20-million addition to the Hughes Aircraft Co. Research Laboratories in Malibu.

Designed and engineered by Albert C. Martin & Associates, with HuntCor Inc. as construction manager, the 90,000-square-foot project consists of three levels plus a basement terraced into the hillside above Malibu Canyon Road.

The addition includes offices, a clean room and a laboratory building and will be adjacent to the existing facilities. Also included is a 168-seat auditorium for seminars and meetings.

The addition has been designed so that it matches the height of the existing structure and cascades down the hilly terrain.