PCAD - Charles Renfro

Exterior detail of the Broad Museum, Los Angeles, 2017; photo by Nina Mross, reproduced by permission

Exterior view of Broad Museum corner, Los Angeles, 2017; photo by Nina Mross, reproduced by permission

Exterior view of the Broad Museum with view of sidewalk plantings, Los Angeles, 2017; photo by Nina Mross, reproduced by permission

Exterior view of the Broad Museum, Los Angeles, 2017; photo by Nina Mross, reproduced by permission

Exterior view of the Broad Museum, Los Angeles, 2017; photo by Nina Mross, reproduced by permission

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Associated with the firms network

Diller + Scofidio, Architects; Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Architects

Professional History

Résumé

Designer, Diller and Scofidio, Architects, New York, NY, 1997-2004.

Partner, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Architects, New York, NY, 2004-present.

Professional Activities

Renfro worked with Dirk Hebel as a Project Architect on the Blur Building at the Swiss EXPO 2002,Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland (2001), work that greatly elevated the firm's creative profile among architects.

PCAD id: 7197

Buildings and other works

Name	Date	City	State
Broad Museum, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA	2013-2015	Los Angeles	CA
Stanford University, McMurtry Art and Art History Building, Stanford, CA	2013-2015	Stanford	CA

Publications

Kaltenbach, Frank, "The Broad in Los Angeles - streamlined facades for a slower-paced city", Detail (English ed.), 4, 336-339, 2016-07/08. Fernández-Galiano, Luis, "2015 en doce edificios = 2015 in twelve buildings", AV monografías = AV monographs, 183-184, 238-245, 2016. Gerfen, Katie, Mays, Vernon, "The 61st Annual Progressive Architecture Awards ", Architect (Washington, D.C.), 103: 2, 2014-02. Giovannini, Joseph, "The Broad, Los Angeles: Diller Scofidio + Renfro", Architect (Washington, D.C.), 104: 10, 142-152, 2015-10. Madsen, Deane, "The Broad : Tillotson Design Associates", Architectural Lighting, 30: 4, 50-51, 2016 July-Aug. Amelar, Sarah, "L.A. screenplay: an art museum lifts its perforated veil, revealing the repository for its vast holdings", Architectural Record, 203: 9, 64-69, 2015-09. Heathcote, Edwin, "The last thing Grand Avenue needs is another icon", Architectural Review, 239: 1427, 32-41, 2016-01. Ward, Elly, "Vault and veil", Architecture Today, 261, 38-40, 43-44, 2015-09. Heathcote, Edwin, "Le musée a 80 km/h = [50 MPH museum] : Diller Scofidio + Renfro, the Broad Museum for contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Etats-Unis, 2015", Architecture d'aujourd'hui, 415, 64-67, 2016-10. Goldberger, Paul, "El velo y la boveda: Diller Scofidio + Renfro, The Broad in LA", Arquitectura viva, 181, 24-31, 2016. Monié, Karine, "Broad tastes : Diller Scofidio + Renfro plants an art museum in L.A. that holds its own among formidable neighbours", Azure, 31: 243, 38-39, 2015-10. Gutzmer, Alexander, "Downtown baut an [The Broad, Los Angeles]", Baumeister, 112: 11, 22-29, 2015-11. Drewes, Frank F., "The Broad: in Los Angeles haben die New Yorker Architekten Diller Scofidio + Renfro micht bloss ein Kunstmuseum errichtet", Bauwelt, 106: 43, 20-27, 2015-11-13. Tucker, Johnny, Diller, Elizabeth, "On the drawing board: The Broad, Los Angeles", Blueprint, 337, 31, 2014-11/12. Tucker, Johnny, " Thinking inside the box: Diller Scofidio + Renfro's latest building - the Broad art gallery - has just opened in Los Angeles", Blueprint, 63-78, 2015-09/10. "The Broad Museum: Diller Scofidia + Renfro", C3 Korea, Special Issue 'Museum', 62-73, 2017. "Diller Scofidio + Renfro: The Broad, Los Angeles, California, USA", GA Document, 134, 116-129, 2015-11. Miranda, Carolina A., "Master of the show; Elizabeth Diller's experimental eye leaps out at the Broad", Los Angeles Times, E1, 2015-09-10. Miranda, Carolina A., "Bunker Hill once was a neighborhood. Then progress came to town", Los Angeles Times, 2019-05-22. Boehm, Mike, "The Broad Collection sues engineering firm; The museum seeks at least $19.8 million in damages, claiming Seele Inc. has caused construction delays, leading to extra costs.", Los Angeles Times, D11, 2014-06-04. Webb, Michael, "Veiling art : the Broad Museum by Diller Scofidio + Renfro animates LA's cultural axis", Mark: Another Architecture, 57, 150-159, 2015-08. Huber, David, "Double or nothing: the new Broad museum shines in places, but ultimately suffers by adhering too closely to the strained rhetoric of its architects", Metropolis, 35: 4, 115-117, 2015-11. Finkel, Jori, "The Broad Museum in Los Angeles to Open in September", New York Times, 2015-02-05. Finkel, Jori, "Broad's Opening May Aid Other California Museum", New York Times, C3, 2015-08-26. Grimes, William, "Broad Museum Shows Its Face", New York Times, C3, 2015-01-03. Boessenkool, Antonie, "Contemporary-art lovers debut new L.A. showcase: The Broad, a free facility with 2,000 artworks, will open to the public Sunday", Orange County Register, 2015-09-19. Lubell, Sam, "Best building sites : 01. The Broad, Los Angeles, by Diller Scofidio + Renfro", Wallpaper, 191, 108-110, 2015-02. Diller, Elizabeth, Sagmeister, Stefan, "Guest editor Liz Diller : as one of the founding partners of New York architectural studio Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R), Liz Diller has helped reshape America's urban landscape. In conversation with fellow New Yorker, graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister, she reflects on the High Line effect, beauty in the grotesque and DS+R's design for The Broad Art Museum in LA, opening 20 September, before giving us an exclusive photographic tour", Wallpaper, 199, 214-244, 2015-10.

Links

Disgruntled Subcontractor Goes After Eli Broad for $6.9M German Engineering Company Seele Inc. Files $6.9 Million Suit Against Eli Broad Subcontractor Hangs Foreclosure Filing on Broad Subcontractor Wants to Foreclose on Downtown LA's Brand New The Broad Museum The Broad Museum Reveals Its Newly Disappointing Facade The Building