The Broad’s $100M Expansion Tops Out in Downtown Los Angeles

• The Broad’s $100 million expansion project has officially topped out in Downtown Los Angeles.
• The 50,000-square-foot addition will increase the museum’s footprint by roughly 70 percent.
• Completion is expected ahead of the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

What the Broad Expansion Includes

Construction has reached a major milestone on The Broad’s $100 million expansion in Downtown Los Angeles, with the project officially topping out this week. The expansion, which broke ground in 2025, adds approximately 50,000 square feet to the contemporary art museum located in the city’s Bunker Hill district. Once completed, the addition will increase the museum’s overall footprint by nearly 70 percent, significantly expanding gallery, event, and visitor space ahead of the 2028 Summer Olympics. Diller Scofidio + Renfro, the architecture firm behind the original Broad museum building, also designed the new expansion. Unlike the original structure’s distinctive fiberglass-reinforced exterior, the new addition will feature a concrete façade and a more industrial architectural style.

What Visitors Will See Inside

Plans for the expansion include new open-air courtyards, a large ground-floor event space for live programming, and a visible art storage gallery allowing visitors to experience portions of the museum collection typically hidden from public view. The project is also designed to improve circulation and accessibility throughout the museum while creating additional space for exhibitions and cultural programming. MATT Construction is leading the construction on the project. The Broad’s permanent collection includes more than 2,000 contemporary artworks spanning the 1950s through today, including pieces from Jeff Koons, Barbara Kruger, Takashi Murakami, Cindy Sherman, and Andy Warhol.

What the Expansion Signals for Downtown Los Angeles

The project reflects continued investment in Downtown Los Angeles cultural infrastructure ahead of the 2028 Olympics, which are expected to bring significant global attention and tourism to the city. Bunker Hill in particular is seeing a renewed wave of institutional and civic investment, including the nearby Colburn School expansion designed by Frank Gehry. The Broad expansion also highlights how museums and cultural institutions are increasingly creating more interactive and experience-driven environments to attract visitors and activate urban neighborhoods. For Downtown Los Angeles, the project adds another major architectural and cultural destination as developers and civic leaders continue repositioning the area as a global arts and entertainment hub.