Grimshaw Architects has floated proposals for a five-storey mass-timber office development in the Chinatown district of Los Angeles.

The 21,650sq m all-electric scheme will feature onsite photovoltaic arrays and target creative-industries firms. It is earmarked for a site currently uses as surface parking for school buses.

A well as office space, the development will also offer ground-floor restaurant and retail space, and landscaped plazas and terraces that will be open to both tenants and the public.

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