Mad Architects’ Lucas Museum of Narrative Arts opens in Los Angeles
The spaceship-like Lucas Museum celebrates illustrated storytelling from Renoir and Degas’ paintings to Darth Vader’s masks, comics and movies.
Peter Zumthor’s LACMA expansion is ready for the April 2026 grand opening
At LACMA, “No single path through the rooms is prescribed by the architecture.” The Los Angeles art museum’s new glass-and-concrete building takes the form of an elongated, sinuous volume, elevated on seven structural pavilions.
The Lucas Museum of Narrative Arts: a spaceship to celebrate illustrated storytelling
Opening on 22 September in Los Angeles’ Exposition Park, the Lucas Museum by MAD Architects will connect generations through culture, from Darth Vader’s masks to works by Renoir and Degas.
The inaugural Design Miami-LA took over the iconic Holmby Hills estate
Eclecticism, imagination, and nostalgia shaped the inaugural edition of DesignMiami-LA, which paid homage to Los Angeles’ rich design heritage.
7 LA-based female designers shaping the city’s creative scene
Model-turned-designer Meyghan Hill empowered herself by picking up a welding torch after a breakup. Emiliana Gonzalez and Jessie Young of Studio Persona interweave their feminine minimalism with Uruguayan brutalism. At the same time, Another Human’s Leah Ring challenges traditional constructs of form, drawing inspiration from the Memphis Group and outer space. Discover the work and stories of 7 LA-based female designers making a difference in the City of Angels.
The Ruby Street: from church to community hub and coworking space
Stain glass windows and working stations as well as recreational and co-working spaces for Los Angeles creative community. The Ruby Streets venue rethinks the way of getting inspired together, with exquisite furniture and pastel coloured interiors.
Top 10 museums to look forward in 2020: from Edvard Munch’s tower in Oslo to Tutankhamen’s new giant home in Cairo
10 museums inaugurating in 2020: from Tadao Ando’s Pinault Collection in Paris to Foster+Partners’ museum in China but also Grimshaw Architects’ pavilon at Dubai Expo, Frank O. Gehry’s expansion of Philadelphia Museum of Art and more…
2019 Best architecture: twisting bridges, Bauhaus and desert roses
2019 Best Architecture. Zaha Hadid Architects’ giant starfish-shaped airport in Beijing and Thomas Heatherwick’s architectural sculpture in New York, but also a former locomotive hangar turned into an indoor urban plaza and an inclusive LGBT Center in L.A. are among our favourite architectures of the year.
8 new museums and cultural architectures to look forward in 2019
From Herzog & de Meuron’s M+ in Hong Kong to Jean Nouvel’s desert rose-inspired Qatar National Museum but also Diller Scofidio + Renfro’s expandable art centre on New York’s Highline and Dessau Bauhaus museum celebrating the centenary anniversary of the iconic architecture movement. 8 cultural architectures worthy a trip in 2019!
L.A. residential? Three great stories aiming to curb Los Angeles homelessness emergency
LA residential housing, functional nomadic shelters designed by architecture students and a popular vote to raise $ 3.5 bn for those in need… How a creative and supportive attitude could contribute to curb Los Angeles homelessness issue.