{"id":92318,"date":"2026-10-12T14:46:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-12T06:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=92318"},"modified":"2026-10-12T14:46:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-12T06:46:07","slug":"from-its-chinese-architect-to-manga-how-asian-influences-abound-in-los-angeles-lucas-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=92318","title":{"rendered":"From its Chinese architect to manga, how Asian influences abound in Los Angeles\u2019 Lucas Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/10\/12\/22d9a6fb-e8db-4e79-bc75-f517860afc8a_c1c9dec2.jpg?itok=z4NigTm_&amp;v=1791779242\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">In a city known for hype-filled events, from the <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Oscars<\/span> and <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Grammys<\/span> to countless Hollywood premieres, the recent opening of the <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Lucas Museum of Narrative Art<\/span> in Los Angeles occupied its own stratosphere, drawing a constellation of celebrities including Oprah Winfrey, Kim Kardashian, Katy Perry and Pharrell Williams.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Many of the names at the museum\u2019s September 19 grand opening were there to wish founder George Lucas, creator of the sprawling Star Wars franchise, and his wife, Mellody Hobson, well.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">But celebrity wattage aside, the 300,000 sq ft (27,000 square metre) museum is a jaw-dropping achievement: a sweeping, futuristic structure conceived by <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Chinese architect Ma Yansong<\/span> and a striking new addition to the <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">downtown Los Angeles<\/span> landscape.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Ma\u2019s design uses more than 1,200 curved fibreglass-reinforced polymer panels that make it look like a levitating spaceship, integrating a tree-covered roof and an elliptical oculus allowing natural sunlight to stream into the ground-level entry.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/arts\/article\/3370324\/its-chinese-architect-manga-how-asian-influences-abound-los-angeles-lucas-museum?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a city known for hype-filled events, from the Oscars and Grammys to countless Hollywood premieres, the recent opening of the Lucas Museum of Narrative&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":92319,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[31513,4808,23021,2027,107,19757,4807,9057,5527,2383],"class_list":["post-92318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-abound","tag-angeles","tag-architect","tag-asian","tag-chinese","tag-influences","tag-los","tag-lucas","tag-manga","tag-museum","wpcat-33-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=92318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92318\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/92319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=92318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=92318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=92318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}