Hasta La Ideas

It seems like ages ago that everyone was waiting with bated breath (or at least casual, passing interest) to find out first where billionaire art collector/professional philanthropist Eli Broad would build his latest museum in California. With that decided, downtown Los Angeles it would be, then it was time for some more waiting to find out what top-shelf architecture firm would build the thing and what he would call it. Now, short of actually, you know, being inside the finished building, the winner of the big gig, top-shelf Diller Scofido + Renfro, has finally unveiled the plans for the the museum, now to be simply called “The Broad.” Located across the street from Frank Gehry‘s Walt Disney Concert Hall, the three-story, Grand Avenue Project museum will come in at around 120,000 square feet, at a cost to Eli and his wife Edyth of roughly $200 million. Here’s the press release, with all the details, including what’s planned for the inaugural show (sort of a best-of from the Broads’ massive modern art collection). Renderings of the proposed building, which is set to be completed in two years, can be found here, and below is a quick fly-through video.

A full description of Diller Scofido + Renfro’s design can be found after the jump.

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