Building footprint spanning Wilshire Blvd.,: Govan’s position on single-story museums is one of his major pieces of misinformation.

Another he’s repeated so many times that it qualifies as a campaign of disinformation, is that the new building needs to bridge Wilshire, because there isn’t enough land north of the boulevard. But Zumthor’s 146,000-square-foot floating structure can easily fit within the 263,000-square-foot boundaries allowed for building on the East Campus, and can even adapt to the smaller 155,000-square-foot footprint of the existing buildings and their front gardens — perhaps not in quite its current configuration, but it would fit.

Of course, building up even a second story completely demolishes the argument for bridging Wilshire

Atelier Peter Zumthor & Partner/LA Review of Books lareviewofbooks.org

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