“It’s a soap bubble in the middle of a concrete city.”An aerial view of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop. Though a vastly different building, the Pompidou is perhaps instructive for understanding Piano’s vision for his Academy Museum in Los Angeles. We move.”It indeed did take armies to build the Academy Museum — in particular the engineering-intensive Geffen Theater. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times)If the academy is the umpteenth museum Piano has completed, he appears to be in no way jaded by the experience. (Martin Bureau / AFP via Getty Images)So what shifting currents might the Academy Museum express?

Source: Los Angeles Times September 29, 2021 20:15 UTC