LACMA overpass maneuver is approved by Los Angeles City Council

One of the more contentious elements of the controversial Atelier Peter Zumthor-designed Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) redesign project has been unanimously approved by the Los Angeles City Council. 

This week, the Council approved the project's planned span over Wilshire Boulevard, The Los Angeles Business Journal reports. A significant portion of the plan had already been approved by the legislative body, but the overpass element required special approval due to the radical nature of the design and the fact that the building would cross over a public street. The overpass element has been highly controversial in public and critical discourse, and represents an effort on the part of the architects and LACMA Director Michael Govan to create a single-level mega gallery. Criticism of the plan includes a relatively helter-skelter approach to the urban design for the areas surrounding the proposed museum, including Hancock Park, where the museum is located. 

Describing the urb...