The Skirball Cultural Center opens a new children’s exhibit about Noah’s Ark this week. Although this Los Angeles institution is dedicated to exploring Jewish history and culture, the new 8,000-square-foot gallery explores themes common across humanity. Alan Maskin, a principal of the Seattle-based firm Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects, led the design team that created the exhibit. Before becoming an architect, he had worked as an art teacher.
Architectural Record’s news editor, James Murdock, sat down with Maskin to discuss the project. In Part I of the interview, Maskin describes why the project appealed to him. In Part II, he explores his inspiration for certain design elements. And in Part III, Maskin shares a little bit about the other projects that he designs with Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen.
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