LACMA’s David Geffen Galleries – Peter Zumthor SOM | Arquitectura Viva
After years of planning, redesigning, and construction work, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) has for a few days opened the doors of its new David Geffen Galleries, a winding concrete-and-glass building by the Swiss architect Peter Zumthor, in collaboration with the firm SOM. The official opening… Continue reading
David Geffen Galleries by Peter Zumthor in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles, the David Geffen Galleries designed by Peter Zumthor have exceptionally opened their doors to the public, for an enlightening peek at the spaces that will house the LACMA permanent collection and that will be inaugurated in 2026. Source: David Geffen Galleries by Peter Zumthor… Continue reading
A first glimpse (and listen) inside Lacma’s $720m new building – The Art Newspaper – International art news and events
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (Lacma) started allowing visitors inside its sprawling new building, the David Geffen Galleries, for previews late last week before the finishing touches are applied, art is installed and it officially opens in April 2026. Around 2,000 museum members and guests visited… Continue reading
LACMA shares images of Zumthor-designed David Geffen Galleries building
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) has announced building previews, new artworks, and public programming at the much anticipated Peter Zumthor–designed venue: Museum members can have a look-see this upcoming week. Musician Kamasi Washington kicked things off with a concert just a few days ago. Source:… Continue reading
Los Angeles County Museum of Art reveals new David Geffen Galleries, designed by Peter Zumthor. | Artsy
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art has unveiled its new David Geffen Galleries, designed by Swiss architect Peter Zumthor. The long-awaited building replaces four previous museum structures and spans Wilshire Boulevard with a single elevated, glass-and-concrete venue. Major construction concluded in late 2024, and LACMA plans to… Continue reading
A first look inside LACMA’s Zumthor-designed David Geffen Galleries as museum hosts preview opening | News | Archinect
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art has revealed new photographs of its David Geffen Galleries. Designed by Peter Zumthor, with SOM as a collaborating architect, the building opened temporarily for a three-day preview last week and is due to open to the public in April 2026. Source:… Continue reading
Modern marvel or concrete ‘blob’? Inside LA’s divisive $700m art gallery | Art and design | The Guardian
Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s new building has been a decade in the making and has long vexed critics, but its CEO hopes to turn things around Source: Modern marvel or concrete ‘blob’? Inside LA’s divisive $700m art gallery | Art and design | The Guardian… Continue reading
Macao and the Portuguese Colonial Heritage in China
According to Wang Shu and Lu Wenyu, the main characteristic of the city is that it consists of ‘multiple cities, side by side’. The first Chinese Pritzker Prize winner in 2012 and the Chinese architect form the curatorial team of the small exhibition in Venice. In Macao, there are… Continue reading
Binnenkort: Iwan Baan in Museum Kranenburgh – Focus Magazine
In Momentum of Light focust de internationaal spraakmakende fotograaf Iwan Baan op een essentiële bron van leven en onmisbare factor voor het ervaren van de wereld om ons heen: het zonlicht. In 2021 maakt hij met de Burkinese architect en Pritzker Architecture Prize winnaar Francis Kéré een reis… Continue reading
Lancering van Volume 67 in Athenaeum Amsterdam
Fotograaf Iwan Baan presenteert zijn bijdrage aan Volume: een drieluik van de San Pietro in Rome en twee herinterpretaties ervan – een in Oudenbosch, en een in Yamoussoukro, Ivoorkust. Het werk toont de kracht van religieuze aanbidding aan de hand van de San Pietro, ongeacht de schaal. Source:… Continue reading
Bookshelf: Spring 2025
American Modern is not a guidebook; it’s a well-researched and highly readable monograph that explores the complex economic, political, and social backstory that’s usually missing from standard architectural narratives. It’s illuminating to learn, for instance, that the Miller family’s civic generosity was, as Shaw writes, “borne out of a wholly… Continue reading
Marina Tabassum’s 2025 Serpentine Pavilion Opens at Kensington Gardens | Architectural Record
The 2025 Serpentine Pavilion designed by Bangladeshi architect and educator Marina Tabassum and her firm, Marina Tabassum Architects, opens to the public in London this weekend. Named A Capsule in Time, it is the 25th structure in a series that began with a Zaha Hadid creation in 2000. Continue reading