The bunker-like building on Bancroft Way that has sat empty for four years, ever since BAMPFA left for shiny new digs downtown, may one day be a life sciences hub.
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BAMPFA’s inaugural exhibition, ‘Architecture of Life,’ is an eloquent survey
Architecture of Life, on view at the University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Jan. 31–May 29. Installation view, with a Dogon ritual altar ladder (left) and artwork by Chris Johanson (right). Photo: Sibila Savage BAMPFA’s new building is an absolute winner. The 82,000-square-foot home catapults Berkeley’s visual art scene into prominence […]
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New BAMPFA ready to open Sunday in downtown Berkeley
The new BAMPFA strikes a contemporary architectural note in the heart of downtown Berkeley. Photo: Iwan Baan/courtesy Diller Scofidio + Renfro and BAMPFA The new BAMPFA strikes a contemporary architectural note in the heart of downtown Berkeley. Photo: Iwan Baan/courtesy Diller Scofidio + Renfro and BAMPFA The countdown is nearly over. The new home of the Berkeley […]
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Master craftsman, Zen priest Paul Discoe puts his touch on new Berkeley Art Museum
Paul Discoe and his associate review plans. Photo: Josephine Wu By Kathleen Maclay / Berkeley News When the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive reopens at its new downtown location on Jan. 31, the University of California, Berkeley, visual arts center will feature wooden furnishings revived from a previous life by a local master craftsman, […]
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New museum gets ready to open in the heart of Berkeley
Center Street façade of the new Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive which will open in January 2016. Photo: Iwan Baan/courtesy Diller Scofidio + Renfro and BAMPFA The staff moved in to their offices in September, planning for its inaugural exhibition is well underway, and construction is almost complete on the new Berkeley Art Museum […]
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Berkeley Art Museum’s iconic home closes after 44 years
Hundreds of people came to the Berkeley Art Museum on its final day on Sunday, Dec. 21, 2014. Photo: Tracey Taylor On Sunday, hundreds of people swarmed through every nook and cranny, every cantilevered balcony and ramp, within the concrete hulk of the Berkeley Art Museum at 2626 Bancroft Way. They came to say goodbye to a building that […]
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Gallery: Fans celebrate Berkeley art museum milestone
Crowds turned out Thursday evening to celebrate a milestone in the new Berkeley art museum project downtown. Photo: Emilie Raguso Thursday evening, community members turned out in droves to sign the final steel beam for Berkeley’s new art museum before it was lifted high into the air by a crane and set in place. The Berkeley […]
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Salvaged trees to be used in Berkeley’s new art museum
The new Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive is currently under construction in downtown Berkeley. Image: Diller Scofidio + Renfro Seven Canary Island pine trees that were cut down in order to allow construction of the new Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive in downtown Berkeley were salvaged and will be used for several interior elements of the new […]
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On the cusp: Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive
The former UC Berkeley printing plant that will house the new BAM/PFA has been vacant for several years. Photo, by Emilie Raguso, taken on April 30, 2013. See more photos of what the building’s graffiti-strewn interior looked like in 2010. “It’s been a long hard road. Standing here today I feel both relief and excitement,” […]
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Before new Berkeley art museum can rise, a demolition
A UC Berkeley parking garage at Oxford and Addison is being torn down as part of the construction of a new BAM/PFA. Photo: Tracey Taylor Major demolition is under way in downtown Berkeley on the site of the new location for the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive. The UC Berkeley-owned parking lot at […]
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Art museum chief: New space good for Town & Gown
Lawrence Rinder. Photo: Ben Blackwell Yesterday, the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive announced it had begun construction work on its new building in downtown Berkeley. The UC Berkeley-owned museum has raised the lion’s share of the $100 million it needs to create a new home for itself on Center Street at Oxford, on […]
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Work starts on new Berkeley Art Museum, to open in 2016
Aerial view of the new BAM/PFA showing the corner of Addison (foreground) and Oxford streets. The new design reunites BAM with the film theater. BAM needs to move out of its current building due to concerns about seismic safety. Rendering: Diller Scofidio + Renfro Construction work has begun on the new Berkeley Art Museum and […]
