The Hollow Egalitarianism of LA's Revamped Art Museum

Peter Zumthor, the architect of the controversial new Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), wants to make one thing : that “this building never looks down on you.” His are vaguely populist: the building “should be open to the people.” It’s a building type, he , that “treats everybody equal” and “lets you have your opinion. Follow your own path.” Michael Govan, the equally controversial museum director who has steered this project since its inception in 2006, the architect’s vision: “You…