Construction ramps up for The Broad's $100M expansion in DTLA

Just off of Grand Avenue in Downtown Los Angeles, the steel frame of The Broad's $100-million expansion is starting to take shape.

The project, which began work last year, requires stripping away portions of the museum's signature exterior, which is comprised of 2,500 fiberglass-reinforced concrete panels. That will clear the way for a 50,000-square-foot addition overlooking Hope Street which will augment The Broad's total space by roughly 70 percent when finished.

Diller Scofidio + Renfro, which designed the decade-old museum, is also the architecture firm for the expansion. The addition flips the aesthetic of the main part of the museum, opting for an exterior of concrete. Other project elements will include two open-air courtyards at the top floor, as well as space for live programming, and an art storage gallery which will allow visitors to interact with parts of the museum previously hidden away.

"Designs for the expansion preserve the ethos of the original building, taking care to activate every space, especially those transitional areas connecting galleries and floors, adding a sense of choreography, purpose, and narrative to the visitor’s journey through the art on view," states a narrative from the DS+R website.

Completion is expected in 2028.

The Broad, founded by the late Eli Broad and his wife Edythe, boasts a collection of more than 2,000 works of art from the 1950s through present, including pieces from Jeff Koons, Barbara Kruger, Takashi Murakami, Cindy Sherman, and Andy Warhol. General admission has been kept free of charge since the museum's debut, and will continue to be free after completion of the expansion.

The project is one of two cultural landmarks now taking shape within the Bunker Hill, joining the Colburn School's $335-million expansion designed by the late Frank Gehry.

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