Pereira’s LACMA was never great but when the water features went away and the HHP addition was attached it lost what glamour it had. Mies would have given LA something that had nothing to do with LA. Pereira gave it an aspirational building, a little tacky but kind of fun, like a movie set. Although I am no big fan of Koolhaas, his solution from 2001 would have solved the problem of too many cooks. I love Peter Zumthor, but like Mies he does not understand Los Angeles. It’s about an invented paradise with a lot of changing voices.

https://la.curbed.com/2020/4/23/212…