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Who created the Getty Center? How Brentwood’s iconic building design protects it against wildfires
The significant LA attraction, the Getty Center, was designed by architect Richard Meier. The plan for J. Paul Getty Trust's Brentwood campus was conceptualized during the 1980s. Subsequently ...
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Strategy and architecture helped L.A.’s storied Getty Museum survive the wildfires
The 24-acre Getty Center campus opened on a hilltop in 1997, and architect Richard Meier kept fire in mind. The site is elevated, and the centre’s roof is made of fire-resistant crushed stone.
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The Getty Center
Tours of the Getty Center's architecture and gardens are available, as well as a Collection Highlights tour and tours of art in specific eras. Tour times and days vary depending on tour type.
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Inside the Getty museums’ defense against the L.A. wildfires
That is by design. The Center, which houses a sprawling collection of art in a modernist building, is described on the Getty website as a “marvel of anti-fire engineering.” The Villa ...
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The Extraordinary Defense of the Getty Museum Against the L.A. Fires
and the newer white-stone Getty Center in Brentwood where Vincent van Gogh’s “Irises” is displayed. Fire extinguishers in hand, the museum said, the Getty’s staff scours the sparse ...