The belly of the 45,000-square-foot sphere will house a 1,000-seat theater, while its domed roof will be event space. The Italian architect, who designed the Broad and Resnick pavilions at LACMA, has grafted a giant sphere onto the historic May Company Building - the Death Star attached to mid-Wilshire Steamline Moderne. While the Los Angeles County Museum of Art waits for its new building, construction continues nearby on the 300,000-square-foot Academy Museum of Motion Pictures by Renzo Piano. Custom wood forms are in place to pour the large rib beams that will connect the bridge’s swooping arches. When completed in 2020, the 3,500-foot-long span designed by Michael Maltzan Architecture and engineered by HNTB will reconnect Boyle Heights and the Arts District. SPRING ARTS PREVIEW: Critics’ recommendations and profiles of the emerging artists you should know now »ĭownstream, the Sixth Street Viaduct Replacement Project is slowing rising out of the L.A. Redeveloping the parcel from industrial to recreational use required remediation of existing pollution and contaminated soil and the introduction of an extensive infiltration system (by L.A.-based Tetra Tech) to filter and harvest storm water. The 2004 initiative provided bonds to clean up the city’s watercourse and conserve resources. The 6.3-acre park occupies the site of the former Ross Swiss Dairy distribution center and was funded by Proposition O funds. A dozen years in the making, the Albion Riverside Park designed by the Bureau of Engineering opens to the public, bringing new soccer fields, trails, playgrounds and picnic areas to Lincoln Heights.
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