A LACMA Therapy Session
Please join Punch List, New York Review of Architecture, and L.A. Material for a lively public forum on, and a chance for the people of Los Angeles to process their complicated feelings about, the new David Geffen Galleries at LACMA, designed by Peter Zumthor and SOM. The goal isn’t to decide, once and for all, whether the new wing is brilliant or terrible. It’s to consider a range of responses to what easily ranks as the most polarizing work of architecture to appear in Los Angeles in the 21st century.
Featuring:
Antonia Cereijido, L.A. Material
Frederick Fisher, Frederick Fisher and Partners
Christopher Hawthorne, Punch List
Jimenez Lai, Bureau Spectacular
Samuel Medina, New York Review of Architecture
Carolina A. Miranda, arts and culture journalist
and plenty of vox populi!
Plus:
New photographs of the David Geffen Galleries by Janna Ireland
A reception open to all attendees will follow the forum.
About the hosts:
Punch List is a weekly dispatch on architecture, design, and cities, edited by Christopher Hawthorne. Subscribe free here, or for a paid subscription, with bonus material, here.
New York Review of Architecture aims to reinvigorate design criticism through unconventional means, publishing ambitious writing that treats architecture not as a niche profession, but as a public matter entangled with politics, culture, and everyday life. NYRA has published two special issues on LA under the sobriquet Los Angeles Review of Architecture. Subscribe to support our work and get our issues delivered straight to your mailbox.
In search of a city? L.A. Material is a new independent news outlet covering the people, politics, culture, and glorious chaos of Los Angeles. Through newsletters, stories, podcasts, videos, forums, and events, L.A. Material is designed to help Angelenos connect to the city and each other. Subscribe for free to receive the weekday newsletter at www.lamaterial.com
How to register:
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