Coming at a crucial time in which Los Angeles is at risk of “losing its reputation as a center for innovative architecture,” museum director Michael Govan and Swiss architect Peter Zumthor have unveiled preliminary plans for what they hope will be the new home of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). If approved, this $650 million proposal - nearly five years in the making - would replace the dated William Pereira-designed campus and its 1986 Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates-designed addition with an organically-shaped, dark-grey concrete and glass Zumthor original. More information after the break, including Peter Zumthor’s project description... Dubbed by Zumthor as the “Black Flower”, the new museum’s undulating facade will occupy over 700 feet along Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles’ Miracle Mile district. As winding bicycle paths and walkways inhabit the landscape at ground level, the building’s main level will be hoisted more than 30 feet into the air atop seven separate “pods.” Each of these uniquely designed pods will contain a staircase and ground level storage capable of exhibiting its contents to the public through floor-to-ceiling glass walls.
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