Nine months after our last update, the exterior of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art continues to shape up  on the western side of Exposition Park.

The more than $1-billion project from Star Wars and Indiana Jones creator George Lucas, under construction since 2018, will become the home of the famed director's 100,000-piece art collection, which includes Roman mosaics, Renaissance paintings, and contemporary photography.

Aerial view of the Lucas Museum looking southeastMAD Architects

MAD Architects, is designing the five-story, approximately 300,000-square-foot building, while Stantec is serving as executive architect. The Lucas Museum has a steel frame, clad in 1,500 glass fiber reinforced polymer panels, and a rooftop composed of greenery and solar panels.

The museum has been billed as an extension of Exposition Park's tree canopy, adding new perimeter landscaping and a plaza at the center of the 11-acre site. Gardens designed by Studio-MLA will serve as new entry points to the park, while also providing spaces such as an amphitheater, a hanging garden, and a pedestrian bridge.

Aerial view of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art looking northHunter Kerhart Architectural Photography

Completion of the Lucas Museum remains on track to occur in 2025, according to its website.

The Lucas Museum is perhaps the most visible of several large projects now underway within Exposition Park. Across Bill Robertson Lane, work is nearing completion for an expansion of the Museum of Natural History, while the $400-million Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center take shape at the California Science Center to the east. They will be joined by the planned $352-million addition of new green space along Figueroa Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, announced earlier this month by park officials.

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