Best Projects, Cultural/Worship: Careful Coordination On Display at Museum Project
In 2004, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the largest art museum in the western U.S., began a $71.65-million, three-phase project to expand, upgrade and unify its 25-acre campus. It includes new buildings, reinstalled permanent-collection galleries and monumental artworks.
The Building Workshop of Pritzker Prize winner Renzo Piano, Paris, developed the master plan, stylistically linking new structures with those in the existing campus at Hancock Park. Recurring exterior elements include glass walls, solid travertine-clad walls and exposed steel beams and other accents in Renzo's signature red color.