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    Design and Architecture

    A Global Art Museum Boom, and More Showy Building Skins

    The Broad has opened -- but the story doesn't stop there. It is just one of numerous new museums built worldwide in the last few years. What's fueling the art museum binge? DnA talks art, money and what drives the public to museums, with CSULB's Nizan Shaked and the LA Times' Carolina Miranda.

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    By Frances Anderton • Sep 22, 2015 • 1 min read

    The Broad has opened -- but the story doesn't stop there. It is just one of numerous new museums built worldwide in the last few years. What's fueling the art museum binge? DnA talks art, money and what drives the public to museums, with CSULB's Nizan Shaked and the LA Times' Carolina Miranda.

    The Broad has a much discussed skin that exemplifies "parametric" design. It was built by Matt Construction and they are busy on another LA building with an even showier skin, and it's causing a strong reaction: the Petersen Automotive Museum. With architect Elizabeth Diller, Curbed LA's Marissa Gluck and Carolina Miranda.

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    Beyond The Broad, Clifton's Returns, Goldberger on Goldberg
    1. 1:02A Global Art Museum Boom, and More Showy Building SkinsYou’re reading this
    2. 13:52Clifton's Cafeteria Reopens
    3. 18:16Budget Whole Foods Displeases Silver Lake Residents
    4. 24:24Goldberger on Goldberg (aka Gehry)
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      Frances Anderton

      architecture critic and author

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      Caroline Chamberlain

      KUOW

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      Carolina Miranda

      culture critic and author of KCRW’s Art Insider newsletter

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      Elizabeth Diller

      Architect and Principal at Diller Scofidio + Renfro

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      Marissa Gluck

      design writer

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    The full episode

    1 of 4
    Beyond The Broad, Clifton's Returns, Goldberger on Goldberg
    1. 1:02A Global Art Museum Boom, and More Showy Building SkinsYou’re reading this
    2. 13:52Clifton's Cafeteria Reopens
    3. 18:16Budget Whole Foods Displeases Silver Lake Residents
    4. 24:24Goldberger on Goldberg (aka Gehry)
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