Peter Zumthor Working On Major Makeover For LACMA

“The dream of razing four of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s oldest buildings – or at least radically reconfiguring the dreary, closed-in quadrangle they occupy – is being resurrected.” Swiss architect Peter Zumthor, winner of this year’s Pritzker Prize, is working with museum leaders on “a long-range plan for getting rid of the problematic buildings and plaza, and replacing them with a more open and inviting structure.”