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. 

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. Their experience working with cultural institutions includes projects around the world such as the Hammer Museum, Moody Center for the Arts, Winnipeg Art Gallery Inuit Art Centre, Inner-City Arts, a design center in Chengdu, China, and the Museum of Modern Art. We look forward to working together to transform the space into a new, exciting platform for intercultural exchange and dialogue."

A timeline for the project has not been released.