Korean American Museum of Art
Los Angeles, California
1995 competition entry
In collaboration with Hugh Nathanson
Model: Todd T. Williams
Model photography: Glenn Williams


The program for this 216,000 square foot art museum and cultural center called for a multi-functional cultural complex containing permanent and temporary museum galleries with storage, workspaces, artist’s studios, a performance theater, a library, a lecture auditorium, administrative offices, café, gift shop, subterranean parking garage and a large outdoor Korean garden. The solution minimized massing on the site in response to its residential context while maximizing open outdoor spaces. The design approach incorporated the use of ancient Korean philosophies in ordering the forms.