Michael Maltzan Architecture announces plans for new Goethe-Institut headquarters in Los Angeles

Michael Maltzan Architects has announced it is leading the design team for a new headquarters facility for the Goethe-Institut Los Angeles.  The forthcoming headquarters is slated for a site in the city's rapidly gentrifying Westlake neighborhood just outside Downtown Los Angeles, where many market-rate and affordable housing developments are currently in the works and where cultural organizations, including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, have expanded their footprints in recent years.  Previously on Archinect: "Michael Maltzan's Winnipeg Art Gallery Inuit Art Center set for late 2020 opening" Image courtesy Winnipeg Art Gallery.According to an announcement published on the Goethe-Institut Los Angeles website, "The goal is to transform the setting into an interdisciplinary venue for art exhibitions, lectures, performances, film screenings, and other cultural events." The statement continues: "MMA's projects cross a wide range of typologies, from housing to city infrastructure...