Exterior construction has been completed on Renzo Piano’s 45,000 sq ft glass-and-concrete sphere for the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles’ Miracle Mile.
The extension’s facade uses glass made by French company Saint-Gobain in Steyr, Austria, and contains the 1,000-capacity David Geffen Theatre, which will host previews and openings as well as live performances, lectures and panel discussions.
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The 288-seat Ted Mann Theatre will host smaller-scale events, such as children’s matinees and global cinema series.
The full 300,000 sq ft Academy Museum is located in the May Company Building, now known as the Saban Building, which has 50,000 sq ft of exhibition space across six floors.
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The art deco May Building, opened in 1939, was named a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument in 1992 for its “streamline moderne” facade.
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Fit-out construction will be complete in time for the museum to open to the public on 30 September.
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