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Design and Architecture

BCAM Comes to Town

It's by a blue-chip architect and filled with blue-chip contemporary art. So how is the new BCAM at LACMA? Find out when we talk to Renzo Piano, Michael Govan and others. Plus, where should you eat in LA if you want to be heard?

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    By Frances Anderton • Feb 12, 2008 • 30m Listen

    It's by a blue-chip architect and filled with blue-chip contemporary art. So how is the new BCAM at LACMA? Find out when we talk to Renzo Piano, Michael Govan and others. Plus, where should you eat in LA if you want to be heard? We'll talk about the "sound design" of restaurants.


    Banner image: Broad Contemporary Art Museum (BCAM), north façade, palm garden

    Robert Irwin, January, 2008; Photo © 2008 Museum Associates/LACMA


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      Frances Anderton

      architecture critic and author

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