Swiss architect Peter Zumthor has revealed renderings showing his design for the new Los Angeles County Museum of Art, which is based on nearby tar pits (+ slideshow).
Zumthor has designed a 37,000-square-metre building for the art museum, also known as LACMA.
Images show the structure's dark-coloured curving form raised on chunky supports, allowing it to snake over the busy Wiltshire Boulevard.

The vertical elements will provide access to the main galleries above, and also protrude through the sprawling horizontal volume.
Windows around the tops of these elements will help bring natural light into central areas of the museum.

The latest floor plan shows six large trapezoid galleries spread across the length of the building.
One will be located on the south side of Wiltshire Boulevard, with another bridging the street, and the other four all positioned in the section to the north. The two principle entrances will be located on either side of the road.

A curve in the building will create a semi-enclosed area for displaying sculptures and for visitors to congregate.

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Zumthor drastically modified his plans for LACMA in 2014 to prevent damaging the nearby La Brea Tar Pits that inspired his design.
His original proposal, unveiled the previous year, involved the demolition of four buildings on the site, but encroached too closely on the pits ? sparking a petition to alter the sch...