The Los Angeles County Museum of Art encompasses seven buildings housing a renowned Asian collection, Latin American paintings, pre-Columbian artifacts, and contemporary art. Part of Piano's job was to develop a master plan to pull the 20-acre campus together. To that end, he created a new entrance, reorienting the museum toward Wilshire Boulevard. The "BP Grand Entrance," named after its benefactor, consists of a flat roof supported on skinny steel columns and resembles nothing as much as a large service station. OK, the roof is covered in solar panels that provide power to a nearby art installation, but it's still a lifeless and uninspired space.


Photograph by Witold Rybczynski.


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