{"id":9226,"date":"2026-05-29T14:32:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T14:32:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/?p=9226"},"modified":"2026-06-05T15:27:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T15:27:23","slug":"gehry-partners-why-architecture-and-olin-to-revamp-getty-center-tram-station-in-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angesfinanciers.org\/index.php\/2026\/05\/29\/gehry-partners-why-architecture-and-olin-to-revamp-getty-center-tram-station-in-los-angeles\/","title":{"rendered":"Gehry Partners, WHY Architecture and Olin to revamp Getty Center tram station in Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"
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US architecture studios Gehry Partners<\/a>, WHY Architecture<\/a> and landscape studio Olin have been announced as the project leads for renovations to the visitor sequence at the Getty Center in California, USA.<\/span><\/p>\n

As part of the effort, Gehry Partner<\/a>s will deliver a parametric glass canopy to cover the tram’s lower staging area at the base of a steep hillside overlooking the 405 Freeway. The tram is a people mover that brings guests from the road up to the center.<\/p>\n

The new scheme for the staging area was designed to help establish a stronger public-facing identity while serving as a visible gateway marker for the famous campus that holds the Getty Museum and other buildings for the Getty Trust.<\/p>\n

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Gehry Partners, WHY Architecture and Olin are part of a team that will revamp the Getty Center tram station<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Renovations of the centre’s existing Welcome Hall will be carried out by WHY Architecture<\/a>, which plans to improve wayfinding and create a cafe space. Olin<\/a> will carry out the landscape architecture for the revamp.<\/p>\n

Austrian-based firm Doppelmayr Group<\/a> will manufacture improved tram cars capable of carrying about 25 more visitors per trip, according to the Getty.<\/p>\n

The museum will close on a temporary basis beginning in March of next year in order to complete the construction and other aspects of its campus upgrades, including mechanical upgrades and the improvement of galleries, before reopening in the spring of 2028.<\/p>\n

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The design include a parabolic glass canopy by Gehry Partners<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Getty Center campus and tramway system first opened to the public in 1997, with a hilltop design by American architect Richard Meier<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Visitorship to the museum has grown to more than 1.4 million annual guests since then.<\/p>\n