A LACMA architectural overview

Renzo Piano’s Resnick Pavilion is the most recent addition to LACMA’s architectural mix.   (Anne Cusack/Los Angeles Times)

The Broad Contemporary Art Museum at LACMA was designed by Renzo Piano.   (Anne Cusack/Los Angeles Times)

With the leasing of the old May Co. building to AMPAS, LACMA has abandoned its plans to renovate the site for its own purposes.  (Anne Cusack/Los Angeles Times)

Stairs lead down to the Sculpture Garden at LACMA.  (Anne Cusack/Los Angeles Times)

“Penetrable” by Jesus Rafael Soto, outside the Ahmanson building, is made of painted iron, aluminum and plastic hoses, which guests can walk through.  (Anne Cusack/Los Angeles Times)

The museum’s annual attendance in 2010 was just more than 900,000.  (Anne Cusack/Los Angeles Times)

Serena Slomovic, 15, poses for a portrait at the “Urban Light” installation by Chris Burden.  (Anne Cusack/Los Angeles Times)

The Resnick Exhibition Pavilion is the second gallery building on the LACMA campus designed by the Italian architect Renzo Piano.   (Anne Cusack/Los Angeles Times)

Construction site where Michael Heizer’s 340-ton granite boulder will be suspended over a sunken walkway in November.  (Anne Cusack/Los Angeles Times)