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 is programmed for April 2026.Zumthor began preliminary studies for the LACMA campus’s east sector in 2009 and presented the initial scheme for the David Geffen Galleries in 2013. The project involved demolishing several of the institution’s original structures, a process which ended in 2020. The new building will be finished at the close of 2024. Containing a total area of 32,285 square meters, it completes the existing LACMA campus, which includes two Renzo Piano works: the Broad Contemporary Art Museum and the Lynda and Stewart Resnick Exhibition Pavilion.
Source: LACMA’s David Geffen Galleries – Peter Zumthor SOM | Arquitectura Viva