LACMA’s Floating Geffen Galleries Redefines LA’s Cultural Pulse

Los Angeles’s new David Geffen Galleries at LACMA, a $724 million floating concrete structure by Peter Zumthor, rises 30 feet above Wilshire and opens to the public May 4 after years of controversy and fundraising; engineered with seismic isolators, wraparound windows, and chrome-curtain lighting, the design seeks to present diverse works on equal footing and reshape LA’s cultural landscape with an experiential, city-facing museum.