"fanciful plans for expanding Los Angeles' Union Station"

Architects from some of the most prominent firms in the world -- including Renzo Piano and UN Studio's Ben Van Berkel -- joined a long list of well-known local designers Wednesday in presenting hugely ambitious if  largely fanciful plans for expanding Los Angeles' Union Station.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which now owns the station and a 40-acre parcel of land surrounding it, plans to choose a single team of designers as the master planner for the station site by late June.

Above:  An expanded Union Station as imagined by EE&K and UN Studio. (Courtesy EE&K, a Perkins…)

http://articles.latimes.com/2012/apr/26/entertainment/la-et-union-station-20120425