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LACMA Defends Its New Building by Peter Zumthor

Thu, 17 Sep 2020 20:00:00 -0400

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.

Unofficial Competition Seeks Alternative Designs for LACMA as Demolition Begins

Wed, 22 Apr 2020 10:30:00 -0400

An unofficial protest competition called “LACMA not LackMA” invited ideas other than Peter Zumthor's contentious scheme for the Los Angeles museum.

Zumthor’s Incredibly Shrinking Plan for the LA County Museum of Art

Mon, 08 Apr 2019 09:10:00 -0400

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.

LACMA Unveils Latest Zumthor Scheme

Mon, 01 May 2017 08:00:00 -0400

The new $650 million scheme reveals a strikingly muscular form of sand-colored concrete.

Zumthor at LACMA: Throwing a Curve Ball?

Mon, 20 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -0400

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).

Peter Zumthor’s Gravity-Defying Structures in Norway Commemorate—and Evoke—the Perils of Mining

Mon, 19 Sep 2016 00:00:00 -0400

Peter Zumthor’s recently completed project in Norway was fourteen years in the making, due in part to its challenging site and to the Pritzker prize-winning architect’s highly deliberate way of working.

The Blob That Ate Wilshire Boulevard

Sat, 15 Nov 2014 23:30:00 -0500

Architect Peter Zumthor talks about the evolution of his design for the Los Angeles County Museum.

LACMA Director and Peter Zumthor Make the Case for Museum's Redesign

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 12:00:00 -0400

Model of Peter Zumthor's scheme for LACMA. Installation view. The Presence of the Past: Peter Zumthor Reconsiders LACMA, June 9 - Sept. 15, 2013. The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) has long been due for a major overhaul, according to its director Michael Govan and the Pritzker Prize-winning architect Peter Zumthor, who has been commissioned to re-think the museum’s east campus. “If you were to restore it, it would not really work because I think it never really worked well as a museum,” said Zumthor at a packed public conversation with Govan at the museum on Monday night.

Steilneset Memorial to the Victims of the Witch Trials by Peter Zumthor and Louise Bourgeois

Fri, 19 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0400

A collaboration between an architect and an artist results in an intriguing two-part memorial in Norway.

Peter Zumthor Wins 2009 Pritzker Prize

Sun, 12 Apr 2009 12:00:00 -0400

Peter Zumthor, the reclusive Swiss architect widely revered for a small yet powerful body of work, is the 2009 laureate of the Pritzker Architecture Prize. The Hyatt Foundation, which administers the award, announced his selection today. “Peter Zumthor is a master architect admired by his colleagues around the world for work that is focused, uncompromising, and exceptionally determined,” the jury said in its citation.

Refusing the Spotlight, Peter Zumthor Designs Quiet Buildings that Still Attract Devotees

Sat, 19 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0500

How does one explain the fascination with Peter Zumthor? It is not because of an architectural style.