Case Study
Los Angeles Exhibit At LA County Natural History Museum Los Angeles, CA
Copyright © 1976-2015 BuroHappold Engineering. All Rights Reserved CLIEN T Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County ARCHI T EC T Cinnabar DUR AT I O N Completed in 2013 SERVICES PROVIDED BY BUROHAPPOLD Structural engineering Forming part of a decade long $135m transformation of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, the project to create the Becoming Los Angeles installation would see a permanent exhibition for the museum. The exhibition seeks to explore the growth of the Los Angeles over the course of five centuries, displaying a diverse range of artefacts to demonstrate the relationship between city’s ecological and cultural histories. BuroHappold Engineering worked with architect Cinnabar to create the exceptional three-dimensional ‘ribbon’ canopy that