Michael Maltzan completes decades-long revamp of LA's Hammer Museum

A new lobby and sculpture terrace are among the final additions to a Los Angeles art museum that was strategically revamped over a 23-year period by local studio Michael Maltzan Architecture.
Located in the city's Westwood neighbourhood, the Hammer Museum is housed in a rectilinear, stone-clad building designed by American architect Edward Larrabee Barnes and completed in 1990. In recent years, the museum's programs have expanded to occupy space in an adjoining 1960s office tower.
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