The Broad Receives 2018 AIA Architecture Award

The Broad has been selected by The American Institute of Architects (AIA) as one of the 2018 recipients of the Institute Honor Awards, the profession’s highest recognition of works that exemplify excellence in architecture, interior architecture and urban design. As one of 17 international recipients selected from roughly 500 submissions, The Broad will be honored at the AIA Conference on Architecture 2018 in New York City.

With its innovative “veil-and-vault” concept, The Broad is home to more than 2,000 works of art in the Broad collection, which is among the most prominent holdings of postwar and contemporary art worldwide. The “vault” storage holding shapes the museum experience for visitors who enter the lobby below its carved underside, shoot through it in the elevator, stand above it in the galleries, and peer in through viewing windows. The vault is enveloped by the “veil,” an airy, honeycomb-like structure that filters daylight into public galleries. Since opening in 2015, The Broad has welcomed more than 1.7 million visitors and has been heralded as a catalyst for urbanizing downtown Los Angeles.

The jury stated, "The dark body-like, shapely vault is a beautiful counterpoint to the bright, thick, patterned light veil. More than holding its own as a figure, it also engages and takes the user in. "

Many thanks to the design team:

The Broad Museum

Design Architect: Diller Scofidio + Renfro
Executive Architect: Gensler
Construction: MATT Construction
Engineer - Structural : Nabih Youssef & Associates
Engineer - Civil: KPFF Consulting Engineers
Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, Fire Life-Safety and Gallery: ARUP (Los Angeles)
Lighting Engineers (Galleries): ARUP (London, U.K.)
Lighting Design: Tillotson Design
Vertical Transportation: Lerch Bates Associates
Collection Storage: Solomon + Bauer
Security: Ducibella Venter + Santore
Waterproofing: Simpson Gumpertz & Heger
Graphic Design: 2x4

Public Plaza & Grand Avenue Streetscape

Design Architect: Diller Scofidio + Renfro
Executive Architect: Adamson Associates
Landscape Architect: Hood Design
Construction: MATT Construction
Lighting: Tillotson Design Associates
Structural: Saiful / Bouquet Structural Engineers
Civil: KPFF Consulting Engineers
Traffic Engineers: Crain & Associates

Other 2018 AIA Architecture Award recipients include:

Audain Art Museum; Whistler, British Columbia, Canada: Patkau Architects Inc.
Chicago Riverwalk; Chicago: Ross Barney Architects
Gohar Khatoon Girls' School; Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan: Robert Hull, FAIA, and the University of Washington, Department of Architecture
Manhattan Districts 1/2/5 & Spring Street Salt Shed; New York City: Dattner Architects in association with WXY architecture + urban design
Mercer Island Fire Station 92; Mercer Island, Washington: Miller Hull Partnership
New United States Courthouse; Los Angeles: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
Vol Walker Hall & the Steven L. Anderson Design Center; Fayetteville, Arkansas: Marlon Blackwell Architects
Washington Fruit & Produce Company Headquarters; Yakima, Washington: Graham Baba Architects

For more information on the 2018 AIA Institute Honor Awards, please visit the AIA's website