Angels in the Architecture
A discussion on the Getty Center, perhaps the world's most ambitious single complex for the study of art.
Despite the almost Biblical challenges of earthquake, wind and fire – as well as floods – that its Southern Californian site has been subject to since work began, this spring sees the start of the Anal construction stage for the new Getty Center, perhaps the world's most ambitious single complex for the study and promotion of art history and antiquities.
On a 110-acre site of the Santa Monica Mountains, overlooking on one side the city of Los Angeles and the other the Pacific Ocean, a complex of six major buildings designed by the internationally-renowned architect, Richard Meier, is taking shape. It brings together in one location both the collections and educational programmes that have come out of the charitable Trust which is the legacy of the multi- millionaire oilman and philanthropist who died in 1976.
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