Photographer: Grant Mudford, Skirball Cultural Center

Noah's Ark at the Skirball

PROJECT ROLES
Alan Maskin, Design Principal
Jim Olson, Ark Designer

LOCATION & YEAR
Los Angeles, CA, 2007

Project Details

Comprised of 8,000 square feet of hands-on interior galleries, an adjacent amphitheater, and other outdoor education areas, Noah’s Ark at the Skirball provides a welcoming environment for children and families. The design helps visitors celebrate their own unique identities, explore communal values and gain a positive perspective on cultural differences. The Skirball Cultural Center, which opened to the public in 1996, is dedicated to exploring the connections between four thousand years of Jewish heritage and the vitality of American democratic ideals. Alan Maskin led the overall design of the project as well as designed countless animals. Jim Olson led the design of the ark.

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Recognition

Time Out Group. "Skirball Cultural Center." TimeOut Los Angeles. London: Random House, 2008. 85-86. Print.
Noah's Ark at the Skirball is featured in the online version of ID Magazine's article "Recess, Rethought."
Noah's Ark at the Skirball, Northwest & Pacific Region AIA Citation
"Noah's Ark Launched." Faith & Form, Volume XLI, No. 2, 2008, pp. 27-28.
A short article about Noah's Ark at the Skirball appears in the new issue of Faith & Form: The Interfaith Journal on Religio...
An article on Noah's Ark appeared in the November 18 edition of the Daily Journal of Commerce.
Gamache, Shawna. "OSKA's Noah's Ark exhibit huge hit in LA." Daily Journal of Commerce, November 18, 2008,
Noah's Ark at the Skirball has won a Merit Award at Seattle AIA's Honor Awards
Noah's Ark at the Skirball has won a Merit Award at Seattle AIA's Honor Awards!
Noah's Ark at the Skirball, Merit Award, AIA Seattle
Noah's Ark is featured in the article "The 20th Annual Excellence in Exhibition Competition" appearing in the September/October ...
Marable-Bunch, Maria. "The 20th Annual Excellence in Exhibition Competition." Musuem: American Association of Museums Magazine. ...
Alan Maskin will be speaking at the American Association of Museums 2009 conference in Philadelphia.
Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen's work on the Noah's Ark exhibit is featured in the 2008 Skirball newsletter, Oasis.
"Noah's Ark at the Skirball." Oasis: The Magazine of the Skirball Cultural Center, 2008.
Noah's Ark at the Skirball has won an Excellence in Exhibition award from the American Association of Museums
Noah's Ark at the Skirball, American Association of Museums, Excellence in Exhibition
Alan Maskin will be speaking at the Association of Children’s Museums conference InterActivity 2008: Let’s Play.
Alan Maskin will be giving two lectures to University of Washington students this February.
Noah’s Ark Exhibit, Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angles, CA, TEA Thea Award
The Noah's Ark Exhibit at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles has won a Thea award (one of 15 awards given to projects f...
Noah's Ark Exhibit Award TEA Thea Award
The Noah's Ark Exhibit is featured in the June/July issue of Domus magazine.
"Noah's ARk at the Skirball," Residential Architect, June 2007
"Coming Together," The Team of Designers behind Noah's Ark, Skirball. Metropolis, June 2007, p.84.
"Noah's Ark, a new permanent exhibit at L.A.'s Skirball Cultural Center,"Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects. Azure, June, 20...
"Metro, An insider's guide to the best new places to see, stay, shop and visit - from L.A. to Akron, Noah's Ark," Metropolitan H...
Noah’s Ark Exhibit, Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angles, CA, Honorable Mention – Los Angeles Architectural Awards
The Noah's Ark exhibit has received a Los Angeles Architectural Award from the Los Angeles Business Council.
The Noah's Ark Exhibit at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles is included in this month's Domus magazine.
The June issue of Azure magazine includes a short piece on the Noah's Ark Exhibit project at the Skirball Cultural Center.
The Noah's Ark Exhibit at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles appeared on the blog www.unbeige.com this Wednesday (May 2...
The Noah's Ark Exhibit project at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles is featured in the May issue of I.D. magazine. Ala...

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