Project Profiles

The Broad

Founded by philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad, this museum is home to more than 2,000 contemporary works, and has one of the most prominent holdings of postwar art worldwide. Constructed in 2015, this impressive building includes Gold Bond® XP® Fire-Shield® Gypsum Board and Gold Bond® eXP® Fire-Shield® Sheathing.
Category

Entertainment

Exterior

General Commercial

Interior

Region

Western

Project

The Broad

Los Angles, California

Architect

Diller Scofidio + Renfro (Design Architect)

New York, New York

Gensler (Executive Architect)

Los Angles, California

Owner

The Broad Art Foundation

Los Angles, California

Contractor

MATT Construction

Santa Fe Springs, California

The Broad opened in downtown Los Angeles in September 2015 and achieved LEED Gold certification in April 2016. The 120,000-square-foot-three story building includes 21,000-square-feet of collection storage and 50,000 square feet of gallery space and sits atop a three-story parking garage.

The project included 123 million square feet of Gold Bond® XP® Fire-Shield® Gypsum Board and 2 million square feet of Gold Bond® eXP® Fire-Shield® Sheathing.