The Broad

An artist rendering of the Broad from 2nd Street and Grand Avenue. The museum is scheduled to open in late 2014.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Workers scale the scaffolding surrounding the Broad.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Elizabeth Diller, a founding member of Diller Scofidio + Renfro Architects, leads the tour through the main gallery.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, second from right, with philanthropist Eli Broad, Joanne Heyler, founding director of the Broad, and architect Elizabeth Diller, right to left, stand on a lift in the main gallery.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

The exterior of the Broad is covered in scaffolding. The contemporary art museum currently under construction at 221 S. Grand Ave. next to Walt Disney Concert Hall is scheduled to open next year.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Workers clean up the stairway in the first floor lobby.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Ceiling detail of the skylights of the third floor gallery.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Joanne Heyler, founding director of the Broad, views the construction.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

A group gathers in the first floor lobby.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Los Angeles City Hall is visible from the third floor gallery through the scaffolding.  (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)