Designed by Grimshaw together with architect of record and landscape architect Gruen Associates, and multi-disciplinary engineering company Arup, the LAX/Metro Transit Center Station is located at Aviation Blvd./96th St. as part of the wider Landside Access Modernization Program at the airport, creating a fully intermodal facility and a new point of arrival into the city.

This addition to Los Angeles's transportation network makes it easier to arrive and depart the airport and travel throughout the region using public transportation. Including a bus plaza, bus hub and customer service center, the station spans more than 1,100 feet from north to south across the 9.5-acre site and accommodates bicycle parking and vehicle drop-off. With the widest light rail platform in the Metro system, its two main levels provide a welcoming, convenient and secure connection point offering riders access to destinations throughout LA County.

Connecting the various transit options is integral to the design of the station, creating linked, safe, fluid movement of passengers. Elegant skylights, sweeping canopies, and glazed screens establish a lightweight, spacious environment that reinforces intuitive wayfinding.

This humanized journey extends to the wide above-grade concourses, which are flooded with natural light and connect to the various transit options at multiple levels. At ground level, bus bays integrate into a landscaped public plaza that nestles between the bus canopy structures, with the surrounding landscape forming a public space between canopies.

Occupying a previously industrial site, the LAX/Metro Transit Center Station is designed as an open space that leverages California's coastal climate through passive design strategies including shading by canopies, natural daylighting through skylights, and natural ventilation. Future-proofing the design, the station includes easily maintained PV panels in adjacent landscaping and infrastructure that supports future EV bus charging. The project achieved LEED Gold certification.

The public plaza, mezzanine at concourse level and other public spaces within the station provide moments of respite and comfort in this transitory environment, complemented by integrated artworks. Externally, drought-tolerant native planting increases the biodiversity of this urban, transport-oriented place.