Six alternative proposals for LACMA site are revealed

The Citizens Brigade for Saving LACMA has announced a list of finalist entries for the group’s LACMA Not LackMA design competition that includes proposals from Barkow Leibinger, Coop Himmelb(l)au, Kaya Design, Paul Murdoch Architects, Reiser + Umemoto, and TheeAe (The Evolved Architectural Eclectic).   The Citizens’ Brigade to Save LACMA is unaffiliated with the registered not-for-profit advocacy group Save LACMA that is moving ahead with a proposed ballot initiative seeking greater transparency and public accountability for the Atelier Peter Zumthor-designed proposal that is currently under construction. Describing the intention behind the competition, Citizens’ Bridgade to Save LACMA co-chair Joseph Giovannini explains in an announcement, “Our call for ideas was to open and make public what has been a closed process, and to present alternatives that inspire and show a way forward for a LACMA that is improved, fresh, and practical, not reduced and compromised.” Greg Goldin, fellow ...