Entrance lobby of the J. Paul Getty Museum.
Stairs lead to second floor galleries.
Sliding glass windows right of the stairs can open onto the central courtyard. This project is a marvel, and surely a testimonial to the wisdom and creative genius employed over the fourteen years of planning that went into it, as well as to the foresight that the choice of the total property affirms. Just selecting the 110-acre site, formerly owned by UCLA and nestled in the Santa Monica mountains overlooking the San Diego Freeway, was brilliant. Once the building interiors are completed and the collection installed the importance of the views will recede a bit. If AQMD can keep doing its job, this will remain just that even with all of the art to see.