She explained that the building’s foundations were designed to protect its possessions, with “travertine on the outside, reinforced concrete on the inside”. The Getty Centre complex cost $1 ...

After ripping through thousands of buildings, wildfires in Los Angeles, California in the United States were looming last Saturday toward the celebrated Getty Centre and its priceless collection.

They draw from the underground water tank, which feeds automatic sprinklers inside the Getty buildings. Staff members took turns putting on N95s and goggles, grabbing fire extinguishers ...

Opened in 1997, the Getty Centre hails itself as a “marvel of anti-fire engineering”, with its exterior walls made of travertine and the building reinforced with concrete on the inside.

Her staff members inside the villa were ... Coast Highway on January 8. Picture: Getty Images via AFP If fire ever does creep closer, the museum said the centre’s roofs, which are covered ...

A show at the Getty Center in Los Angeles, Symbols and Signs: Decoding Medieval Manuscripts, aims to debunk the notion that they were always thus. “Just as we understand emojis or the ...