Work has begun on the University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA), which will open in 2016.
More than US$95m (£61.4m, 71m euro) of the US$100m (£64.6m, 75m euro) campaign for the new facility was raised by private donations.
Designed by New York City-based firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R), the centre will feature "bold new architectural form," that will focus on “beauty and accessibility.”
The visual arts centre will transform a building that previously housed the UC Berkeley printing plant into a new structure.
The building will house BAM/PFA's exhibition galleries, learning centre, participatory art-making studio, works-on-paper study centre, store, cafe, and offices. It also will also reunite the institution's film theatre with the galleries and operations areas.
The centre will be home to a 230-seat theatre and a 32-seat screening room, as well as a film library and study area.
Plant Construction Company is overseeing the project, which is in the early phases focussing on interior work in the existing building,
Construction is targeted for completion in summer 2015 with the new facility opening to the public in early 2016.
