PROJECTS & HOSPITALITY
There are two movie theaters, the 1000-seat David Geffen Theater and the 288-seat Ted Mann Theater. The Shirley Temple Education Studio is for educational programs for children and families. The timeless glamor of the cinematic universe also infuses the Fanny’s café restaurant, designed by Commune Design with Osvaldo Morozzi and named for Fanny Brice, the enchanting star who Barbra Streisand played in Funny Girl (1968). The Academy Museum Store is the museum’s large retail space where you can buy exclusive merchandise, often related to the Oscars. The complex has received LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. It was created by joining two different structures: the 1939 May Company building, an important example of Streamline architecture, which was renamed the Saban Building in honor of its benefactors Cheryl and Haim Saban, and a new spherical glass and concrete building designed by Piano. An internal square to the north is named for Walt Disney. The complex 40 | IFDM
MUSEUM
Los Angeles
