What I would really like to see downtown, and in LA in general, is less of the TCA Architects of the world (even though they are a downtown firm), and more of the Daly Genik Architects of the world (also a LA firm). Daly Genik has some really visually interesting designs - and won the AIA Award for LA last year - and just one or two commissions downtown, even with mid-rise projects, could really inject some quality design into downtown.
I'm hoping that, moving forward with the reduced parking requirements, more developers will be able to afford better architecture firms - and higher quality design materials. This will take some time for those revised parking requirements to go into effect - and even longer for the first few projects to be developed under them - but it will do wonders for the aesthetics of downtown in the long run if it materializes.
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