Drifting Symmetries: Projects, Provocations, and other Enduring Models by Weiss/Manfredi
Language: English
Published by Park Books 2024-08-12, 2024
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- Title
- Drifting Symmetries: Projects, Provocations, and other Enduring Models by Weiss/Manfredi
- Author
- Jorge Silvetti, Marion Weiss, Michael Manfredi, Eric Bellin
- Publisher
- Park Books 2024-08-12
- Publication year
- 2024
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 3038603783
- ISBN 13
- 9783038603788
- First new monograph on New York-based architecture firm Weiss/Manfredi in more than 15 years
- Explores Weiss/Manfredi’s design philosophy and recent work through some 550 images, plans, drawings and texts
- Features also iconic case studies throughout history that have informed Weiss/Manfredi’s sustainable, responsive architecture
- Conversations with and texts by leading voices in international contemporary architecture offer a broader perspective of Weiss/Manfredi’s work to date
Weiss/Manfredi is a New York-based multi-disciplinary architecture firm renowned for its innovative integration of architecture, art, infrastructure, and landscape design. Founded by Marion Weiss and Michael Manfredi, the firm has carved a niche for itself with a dynamic, ecological approach to public spaces and structures. With a portfolio spanning the Olympic Sculpture Park in Seattle to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden Visitor Center, their work is celebrated for its seamless blend of natural and built environments.
Drifting Symmetries explores Weiss/Manfredi’s design philosophy, showcasing both their own work and iconic case studies throughout history that have informed their commitment to sustainable, responsive architecture that enlivens public space and engages the community. More than 550 images are supplemented with texts by the firm’s founding partners Marion Weiss and Michael Manfredi. Contributions from some of the leading voices in contemporary architecture, including Thom Mayne, Meejin Yoon, Sarah M. Whiting, Xu Tiantian, Nader Tehrani, Hashim Sarkis, Hilary Sample, Rahul Mehrotra, Paul Lewis, Andrea Leers, David Leatherbarrow, Lyndon Neri & Rossana Hu, Walter Hood, Mauricio Pezo & Sofia von Ellrichshausen, Edward Eigen, Charles L. Davis II, James Corner, Tatiana Bilbao, and Barry Bergdoll, round out this beautiful book.
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About the Author
Eric Bellin is an Assistant Professor of Architecture at Thomas Jefferson University’s College of Architecture and the Built Environment.
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