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19 SAINT-GOBAIN BUILDING GLASS Los Angeles gets a new architectural showpiece: The new Academy Museum of Motion Pictures opens in spring 2021. The American Film Academy, known for its Oscar awards, will show the highlights of its collection of film and cinema history on 30,000 m 2 of exhibition space spread over six floors. The more than 2,500 exhibits range from famous film props, posters, photographs and scripts to historical cinematographs and modern digital projectors. The new museum ensemble is made up of two buildings, each with its own unique design language: the former May Company department shop, built in 1939 and now thoroughly modernised, revives an architectural icon of modernity. The contemporary concrete structure «Sphere» designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop closes to the north. The round building contains a cinema hall with 1,000 seats and is crowned by a roof terrace with a fantastic view of the Hollywood Hills and the famous Hollywood sign. ACADEMY MUSEUM OF MOTION PICTURE Products STADIP® DIAMANT® ART AND CULTURE 18 HIGHLY TRANSPARENT DOME CONSTRUCTION WITH STADIP DIAMANT FROM SAINT-GOBAIN Location Fairfax Avenue, Los Angeles, United States Architects Renzo Piano Building Workshop, Paris, France - Realisation with Gensler, Los Angeles, United States Glass processor SAINT-GOBAIN GLASSOLUTIONS Austria, Eckelt Glas, Steyr, Austria Photos ©Renzo Piano Building Workshop, Academy Museum Foundation