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    Design and Architecture

    Peterson Automotive Museum Accelerates the Changes on Miracle Mile

    Just a few weeks ago, LACMA unveiled its proposed “inkblot” by architect Peter Zumthor that would replace four early buildings. Now, just yards away, the Petersen Automotive Museum has announced its own dramatic overhaul, reconfiguring the interior, and wrapping the building in “ribbons” of steel conceived to evoke speed.

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    By Frances Anderton • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Just a few weeks ago, LACMA unveiled its proposed “inkblot” by architect Peter Zumthor that would replace four early buildings. Now, just yards away, the Petersen Automotive Museum has announced its own dramatic overhaul, reconfiguring the interior, and wrapping the building in “ribbons” of steel conceived to evoke speed.

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      Frances Anderton

      architecture critic and author

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