The Los Angeles County Museum of Art confirmed Tuesday that it officially began demolition work, part of the controversial $750-million project to build a Peter Zumthor-designed main building.
The work that began Monday focused on the museum’s 1965 Leo S. Bing Center, a 600-seat theater designed by architect William L. Pereira that has been used for film screenings, musical performances, talks and other events.
— The Los Angeles Times
A LACMA spokesperson tells The Los Angeles Times that demolition crews are adhering to social distancing guidelines during the demolition process in an effort to limit the spread of COVID-19.
The new building project is a colossal waste of resources and a threat to LACMA's already iffy finances.
I think this and Hudson Yards will be seen as the last gasp of high-priced 2010's architecture where the main goal is to look good on Instagram.
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hooray for progress! can't wait to see a Zumthor in Los Angeles!
when an institution demolishes a building named after a big donor do they have to give the money back? i'd be really pissed!
Some are indeed pissed.
https://www.latimes.com/entert...
The new building project is a colossal waste of resources and a threat to LACMA's already iffy finances.
I think this and Hudson Yards will be seen as the last gasp of high-priced 2010's architecture where the main goal is to look good on Instagram.
this definitely fits into a long line of speculative museum projects that prioritize a building over an institution. i think the folk art museum in NYC will turn out to be prophetic in showing that bad decisions tying the museum to a difficult work of architecture can destroy a museum, and ultimately then the architecture is rendered useless too.
I wish they stuck with the original dark-black version, which had more square footage, or the 2nd iteration which had the overpass. All that beige is a disappointment. The circulation seems to also be weaker now -- more linear and probably won't work well.
I'm looking forward to seeing this, finally.
seems like you work for Zumthor.
just a fan, man!
Who the fuck really needs this right now. Build a hospital, Wuhan-style
you don't say -
Such a waste. Such ruination for the collection. Shame.
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