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Oct 3, 2022 · With new $94m building, the Orange County Museum of Art gets its own version of the Met museum steps. Fourteen years in the making, the new 53,000 sq. ft building designed by Thom...
Jun 14, 2021 · During the dark and quiet days of pandemic shutdown, the new Orange County Museum of Art building, under construction at Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa, slowly but...
- deborah.vankin@latimes.com
- Staff Writer
- Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA) by Morphosis
- Brightly Lit Exhibition Spaces Connect Interior and Exterior
- 24-Hour Opening Celebration
On October 8, 2022, a new cultural landmark for modern and contemporary art, the Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA) will open in its new home on the campus of the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa, California. The new museum building, designed by Morphosisunder the direction of Pritzker Prize-winning architect Thom Mayne and partner-in-c...
Located at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts, the OCMA design serves as a prototype for a new type of museum that focuses on open, urban, and social areas with strong connections between interior and exterior. The building by Morphosis welcomes visitors through sunlight atrium spaces, open galleries, and an expansive sculpture terrace, engaging th...
On October 8, the OCMA will host its 24-hour open celebration following a ribbon-cutting and dedication ceremony on October 7 that will be attended by civic and cultural dignitaries. The general public is invited to tour the new facilities and check out the numerous opening exhibitions, in addition to taking part in concerts, movie screenings, and ...
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Sep 22, 2022 · The $94-million building, designed by Morphosis Architects as directed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Thom Mayne, has been in the works for more than a decade. It features a grand outdoor...
- deborah.vankin@latimes.com
- Staff Writer
Doubling the size of its former space, OCMA’s new building features 25,000 square feet dedicated to its exhibition program. The open design of the Permanent Collection and Special Exhibition Pavilions offers OCMA unique opportunities to share in-depth surveys, thematic exhibitions, and the newest developments in contemporary art.
Jul 5, 2021 · Construction on the museum, which began in 2019, has passed the three-fourths mark, and officials say it will be completed by May – leaving plenty of time to fill its walls and open spaces with...
Oct 11, 2022 · American architecture studio Morphosis has completed a terracotta-clad art museum in Costa Mesa, California, that features expansive gallery space and a multi-storey atrium. The...
