David Kordansky Gallery Expansion, Los Angeles Building Extension, California Architecture Images
David Kordansky Gallery Expansion in Los Angeles
Sep 23, 2020
David Kordansky Gallery Expansion
Architects: wHY
Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA
wHY?s new expansion for David Kordansky Gallery, opened 19 September 2020

Two new exhibition spaces and a landscaped sculpture courtyard transform the gallery into an integrated arts compound wHY designed the original building for David Kordansky Gallery in Mid-City Los Angeles in 2014, and the 12,818 square foot expansion adds two new exhibition spaces and a landscaped courtyard for a range of new programming, including performance, film, and outdoor sculpture.

?In LA, so many great moments of cultural exchange happen in backyards where people feel at home,? said wHY?s Creative Director, Kulapat Yantrasast. ?We felt that the David Kordansky Gallery environments should highlight this unique aspect of the city?s cultural life. The art scene in LA is very down-to-earth and personal, and I think exhibition spaces should reflect that rather than trying to appear commercial or corporate.?
As in the case of the original gallery building (a former martial arts center), the expansion repurposes existing structures on the busy La Brea corridor. In contrast to the dramatically scaled 15,000 square foot original gallery building, with its vaulted bow truss roof and expansive halls for art installations, the 2000 square foot exhibition spaces are...