Yesterday I shared a couple of shots of the fabulous home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, well right next door to it is another amazing building.
The Broad, named after and commissioned by the philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad, is home to an extraordinary collection of contemporary art. I’ve already shared a few shots of the art inside, and more will follow over the coming days, weeks and months.
Today though I just want to focus on the building itself.
This 120,000 square foot (!) building was designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro in collaboration with Gensler. Elizabeth Diller is considered one of the most influential designers in cultural space, and I can understand why after exploring The Broad.
It is free to look around the permanent exhibitions although they do recommend reserving your timed ticket in advance. However if you happen to find yourself in downtown LA with nothing to do pop along to Grand Avenue as they do release daily walk ups.
One of the striking features of this building is how the ‘vault’ containing all the art not currently on show is part of the visitor experience. You can see into the storage holdings, and both the storage area and the galleries themselves are surrounded by a honeycomb exterior – pictured.
Bringing the outside of the building in as well as filtering natural daylight.
January 2025 is a Squares Month, and thanks to the theme of geometry it is enabling me to share glimpses of my month long trip in the USA as well as plenty of squares. If you have not yet joined us then you have until 31st January to share your geometric squares. You can pingback via your post or add your link with a comment on one of my daily square posts.
The life of B 
Another fabulous modern building. How do architects come up with such ideas? And more to the point, how do people construct them?
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I think the same about construction – I think the engineers who turn drawings into buildings are amazing
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Another fascinating example of modern architecture!
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it certainly is 🙂
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You do wonder at some architects’ extraordinary brain capacity – how they even begin to visualize structure, form and content on such a scale.
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I certainly can’t do it with aphantasia!
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Excellent, though I confess I prefer yesterday’s. On a much smaller scale, the Burrell in Glasgow also has a storage view – maybe this is where they got the idea!
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ah interesting
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You’re sharing some pretty wonderful destinations in your posts – a side of the US I knew nothing about.
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it was a good trip
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Amazing building Becky. The inside is equally wonderful. I like the Jeff Koons at the end too 😀
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oh I am so glad you like – you never know how everyone will react to buildings. Couldn’t resist the Poodle and Train at the end!
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I know, I don’t know of any building that I haven’t liked or found interesting
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Initially I thought giant cheese grater, but the close ups are wonderful. Becky. What a fabulous building.
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hee hee! Glad you like it too – I do love it when you can go inside great buildings
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What a beautiful building and architecture! Fits the theme perfectly and I must visit there some day soon! ❤️
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So glad you like it as much as I do. I was so intrigued when I first saw it
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Architecture, like this one is amazing. Their imaginations write a new architecture what we are used to see. I loved your photographs, they are great in architecture world and your square-geometry challenge too… Thank you dear BeckyB, have a nice day, Love, nia
My Square-Geometry/January 20, 2025/Sunlight Dance in The Home
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sorry for my English, it should be like that “…. Their imaginations write a new architecture in stead of what we are used to see.
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Your English is excellent Nia – so easy to miss out a word or two when writing a comment. I do it frequently!
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Thank you. Love, nia
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I so agree with you. This one is so imaginative, and took me a few moments to figure it out. Happy that you are loving the challenge too
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Oh my! It’s very impressive and your macro of the curvy outside bit is great. And then you show us inside looking out – terrific captures.
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thank you so much – I was so happy when I found a spot where I could see it from the inside looking out
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It looks as amazing on the inside as it is on the outside. What a great place to spend some time.
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it really was – so glad I stumbled across it and that I had time to explore inside
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