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L.A. County supervisors embrace LACMA’s financing plan for makeover

Turkey Architecture News - Nov 10, 2014 - 14:03   5853 views

L.A. County supervisors embrace LACMA’s financing plan for makeover

Peter Zumthor's proposed redesign for LACMA, facing west at night. (Atelier Peter Zumthor & Partner, Atelier Peter Zumthor & Partner)

The Board of Supervisors has approved a road map for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art as it plans a $600-million makeover that would tear down and rebuild most of its Miracle Mile campus, including a pledge — although not yet a binding one — to cover about 21% of the cost with county taxpayers' money.

If there are no serious bumps in the road ahead, the plan would yield a streamlined, curving 410,000-square-foot new museum building designed by Swiss architect Peter Zumthor that would open in 2023, spanning Wilshire Boulevard with an enclosed bridge that doubles as gallery space......Continue Reading

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