The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) has released the newest renderings of their planned Atelier Peter Zumthor-led $600 million renovation, and one thing in particular stands out: the building is no longer black.

© Atelier Peter Zumthor

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) has released the newest renderings of their planned Atelier Peter Zumthor-led $600 million renovation, and one thing in particular stands out: the building is no longer black.While the third major revision to the design sees the building retain the overall shape of its previous iteration, many aspects have changed, including how the floating mass touches the ground and the facade?s new sandy color.

© Atelier Peter Zumthor & Partner/The Boundary
?It took me a while to sort of let go of the baby,? Zumthor told the LA Times? Christopher Hawthorne. ?But I think I?ve figured it out. I?m happy. It?s less slick and more substantial. Elemental. If I?m lucky the building will be like some kind of an Inca temple that?s always been in the sand and now they?ve excavated it ? a really old piece that?s always been there.?

© Atelier Peter Zumthor

© Atelier Peter Zumthor

Rather than the oil-slick inspired look of previous iterations, Hawthorne notices, the most recent submission bears more in common with the architect?s ?sober and deeply effective? Kolumba Museum in Cologne, Germany.The color change allows the building?s exterior to match it...