Broad Museum in Los Angeles by Diller Scofidio + Renfro

The married couple of philanthropists and art collectors Eli and Edythe Broad have decided to donate $200 million to build an art museum on Grand Avenue in downtown Los Angeles. This facility will showcase the Broad collection, which consists of 2,000 works of art.
The winning design was created by the New York office Diller Scofidio+Renfro, which presented its project "The Veil and the Vault" to the public in early January. The Broad Art Foundation will be located opposite the Walt Disney Concert Hall and MoCA. The museum consists of two interlocking masses. The upper level will house a spacious exhibition hall, covered by a lightweight honeycomb structure, while the lower two floors appear massive. Pathways traverse the lower level, connecting the vaulted functional zones with a specialized library, archives, storage areas, offices, a shop, a café, and an entrance lobby.
Comment from Liz Diller on the museum project: "Our goal was to create a suitably responsive building next to Gehry's much larger concert hall. Unlike the shiny and reflective façades of the concert hall, the Broad museum will feel more porous and perforated. The luminous façade is intended to play a significant role in re-urbanizing Grand Avenue, as it will allow for a view between the inside and outside, not hermetically separating itself from the outside world."