11755 Wilshire Reposition.
Los Angeles, California
- Year
- 2024
- Site
- West Los Angeles
- Program
- Office building reposition
The client & the
question they asked.
A 1986 Class A office tower on LA's Westside, repositioned for the contemporary workplace.
The ownership of 11755 Wilshire Boulevard sought to reposition a 1986 Class A office tower in Los Angeles' Westside market to meet the demands of the contemporary workplace. Facing evolving tenant expectations around wellness, flexibility, and experience-driven environments, the client aimed to transform a conventional corporate asset into a competitive destination that enhances long-term value while contributing positively to the surrounding urban fabric. The project reflects a broader ambition to redefine how aging commercial buildings can be renewed — shifting from traditional asset upgrades toward environments centered on human experience.
The brief, in
specifics.
Strategic adaptive reuse and interior transformation of an existing office tower.
The design challenge was to move beyond cosmetic renovation and fundamentally rethink how tenants and visitors experience the building — from arrival to daily use. Key objectives included introducing hospitality-driven amenities, integrating biophilic design strategies, strengthening connections between interior and exterior environments, and activating the street edge to improve pedestrian engagement. The project also sought to establish a replicable model for the revitalization of aging office infrastructure across Southern California.
- Year
- 2024
- Site
- West Los Angeles
- Program
- Office building reposition
- Status
- Completed
- Size
- ~50,000 sf
- Role and disciplines
- Design ConsultancyArchitectureInterior DesignBranded Environments
Thoughtful adaptive reuse delivers environmental performance, experiential quality and long-term economic value.
The outcomes —
what we designed.
A hospitality-driven workplace environment defined by wellness, landscape, and flexibility.
A new amenity framework anchors the tenant experience, centered on a flexible 100-person conference venue with 16-foot curved glass partitions. Co-working terraces and a corner café with an expansive outdoor patio extend the workplace into the landscape. Biophilic strategies are embedded throughout the building, from dramatic moss walls in the lobby to a planting-rich fitness center. At the street level, strategic landscape buffers soften the building's edge along Wilshire Boulevard, transforming a previously disengaged frontage into an active and pedestrian-friendly environment.
The team that
made it.
Work completed while Andy Lantz served as Co-CEO, Partner, and Global Creative Director at RIOS. Atlas Lantz Studio acknowledges the collaboration, leadership, and shared authorship of the RIOS teams who developed the design with him.
Andy Lantz · Sabina Kim · Chris Skeens · Bailey Shurtleff · Ying Song · Izzy Ospina · Yahaira Matta · Zhihuang Li · Nan-Tse Su · Nate Hawley · Yumi Tong · Chihiro Isono · Taylor Drake · Crystal Huang · Jinghan Zhou · Brittany Johnson · Russell Dykann · Victor Aleman · Jessa Chisari · Peter Emerson · Wenna Dai · Raymond Gonzalez
Ryan Gobuty