Lucas Museum and LACMA Are L.A.’s Newest Public Landscapes
Within the span of five months, Los Angeles has opened two enormous floating amoebas: one brooding and brutalist, the other ivory and intergalactic. The David Geffen Galleries at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, designed by Peter Zumthor, opened in April — a sprawling, serpentine concrete mass looming… Continue reading
Split verdict: Los Angeles County Museum of Art in Los Angeles, California, United States by Atelier Peter Zumthor – The Architectural Review
Peter Zumthor’s bold vision for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art challenges museographic conventions but has divided the critics Source: Split verdict: Los Angeles County Museum of Art in Los Angeles, California, United States by Atelier Peter Zumthor – The Architectural Review… Continue reading
Inside Los Angeles’s Groundbreaking George Lucas Museum of Narrative Art | Condé Nast Traveler
The George Lucas Museum of Narrative Art opens its doors in Los Angeles on September 22, following over a decade of planning, construction, and anticipation from fans worldwide. Showcasing over 30 art galleries, a sculpture garden, 13 acres of expansive green space, and a free research library amongst its… Continue reading
LA’s Lucas Museum Shines Spotlight on Architect Ma Yansong – Bloomberg
The opening of the Lucas Museum marks the biggest project yet for the science fiction–minded Chinese architect. Source: LA’s Lucas Museum Shines Spotlight on Architect Ma Yansong – Bloomberg… Continue reading
Long-Awaited Lucas Museum of Narrative Art Is Ready for Liftoff
Opening September 22 in Los Angeles, the otherworldly Lucas Museum of Narrative Art brings Vincent van Gogh and Frida Kahlo together with underground comics and Star Wars into a sweeping celebration of visual storytelling Source: Long-Awaited Lucas Museum of Narrative Art Is Ready for Liftoff… Continue reading
Museums and Megastructures
The Death Star, a freight depot in the Outer Rim, Jar-Jarchitecture: along with a new metaphysics of science fiction, George Lucas has given us a rich vocabulary to describe his new museum in Los Angeles, as well as its two closest rivals. The fluid-formed Lucas Museum of Narrative Art,… Continue reading
It Was Time for This Late Bloomer to Cultivate Her Garden – The New York Times
As a young woman in Madrid, Maria Cano Pintos trained to become a landscape designer. But before she could build a career she married and raised five children. Now her children are busy with their own children and she finally has the time to pursue her vocation. (Her husband,… Continue reading
Lucas Museum of Narrative Art Los Angeles building – e-architect
The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art will open its doors to the public on Tuesday, September 22, 2026, as a first-of-its-kind institution dedicated to showcasing the universal tradition of storytelling through images. Founded by George Lucas and Mellody Hobson, the Museum traces visual storytelling across cultures and centuries… Continue reading
Love Among The Ruins: George Baker on the LACMA Remodel
WHAT SHAPE IS the new David Geffen Galleries building at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)? It is surprisingly hard to tell. Peter Zumthor’s design hoists a serpentine platform atop pavilions that read like stout, truncated legs, making the edifice almost creaturely in its architectural stance. Continue reading
Herzog & de Meuron Opens Archive to M+ in Hong Kong
The new Herzog & de Meuron at M+ exhibition at M+ in Hong Kong showcases the evolution of their architectural concepts. Source: Herzog & de Meuron Opens Archive to M+ in Hong Kong… Continue reading
A First Look at the Otherworldly Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles | Architectural Digest
Filmmaker George Lucas and his wife, Mellody Hobson, tapped architect Ma Yansong to develop an astonishing design that matches the audacity of their project’s populist curatorial conceit The spaceship has landed. Perched on an 11-acre campus in Exposition Park, the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art looks as if… Continue reading
The countdown is on – Powerhouse Parramatta sets opening date, reveals a taste of first exhibitions
Located on the banks of the Parramatta River, Powerhouse Parramatta promises to be one of – if not the – most significant new cultural landmarks to open in Australia this year.Following years of development, the construction of the massive new building was completed in May this year. Now, it… Continue reading