This spring, two prominent cultural institutions in New York and Los Angeles will celebrate long-awaited new additions by OMA and Peter Zumthor, respectively.
The long-planned building for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, designed by Pritzker Prize–laureate Peter Zumthor, has been an ongoing target of criticism. The museum is now punching back, with new renderings and a fact sheet.
After a month-long "protest competition," the Citizens' Brigade to Save LACMA has released six finalist designs that present alternatives to Peter Zumthor's contentious scheme for the Los Angeles institution.
Swiss architect Peter Zumthor’s controversial design for LACMA has turned into Los Angeles’ most serious cultural issue in the last decade, writes commentator Joseph Giovannini.
The Swiss architect Peter Zumthor may have just spilled the beans about a radical overhaul of his scheme for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA).