Bjarke Ingles Group (BIG) has received planning permission to build the new 670 Mesquit project in Downtown LA.Situated at the eastern edge of theArts District overlooking the LA River, the four-building scheme yields 894 new residential units, a hotel, charter school, and more than 676,000 square feet of office space.Studio-MLA is attached to the project as its landscape designer, delivering a layered connection of terraces and other areas between the former industrial site and riverbank that allows for an active indoor-outdoor lifestyle year-round for its users.Image credit: Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG)Image credit: Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG)BIGs founder said he and the design team "asked ourselves if we can renew the arts district by embracing rather than replacing the qualities that have spawned this unique urban culture. We have imagined a hybrid of two unique local typologies: the downtown warehouse and the case-study house."Image credit: Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG)Image cred...